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In reply to the discussion: When politicians block people on Twitter does it violate the first amendment? [View all]TXCritter
(344 posts)44. No it's not. It never is.
It may be a violation of some other law. For example, it may be a violate of the Equal Protection clause if a representative redlines a precinct and refuses to send a district newsletter to that district.
But it's not a Free Speech violation. It is never a violation the First Amendment to withhold speech from anyone by anyone at any time.
The First Amendment exists to protect the speech of citizens not force the speech of government.
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When politicians block people on Twitter does it violate the first amendment? [View all]
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
OP
Originalist jurists will determine that the Founding Fathers didn't provide for Twitter
frazzled
Apr 2017
#1
There's always a way to get around restrictions on free speech but that doesn't make them okay
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#22
Are the relevant sentiments the politicians express on twitter unavailable on any other platform?
LanternWaste
Apr 2017
#3
It is making information harder to access and doing it knowingly towards certain
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#11
When it's deliberately public except for certain chosen minorities, I believe it is
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#41
No - the blocked tweeters can still tweet and anyone who wants to read their tweets can
karynnj
Apr 2017
#17
If the politician is an elected official and forces the newspaper's distributors to not sell
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#33
This is not a First Amendment issue. Re-read the First Amendment if you are in doubt.
Tanuki
Apr 2017
#31
Trump's travel ban is unconstitutional even though it's not a law that congress passed
Jonny Appleseed
Apr 2017
#40