Federal judge to decide: Can Trump legally block people on Twitter?

Proving we live in bizarre-o world, a federal judge today was tasked with determining the legality of President Trump’s social media use. Or, more specifically, whether he can ban US citizens from viewing his tweets. Today’s hearing is the first step in settling a lawsuit in which numerous co-plaintiffs allege Trump’s blocking them on Twitter is in direct violation of their first amendment rights to free speech. At the center of the argument, and something district judge Naomi Reice Buchwald will have to decide, is whether Trump’s tweets are a matter of public record. If Buchwald rules Trump’s tweets are…

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