President Trump and The First Amendment

President Trump has been breaking the law. You might say, "How has he done this?" He is breaking the law by unfollowing and blocking Twitter users that mock or criticize him. This issue is serious because it has been taken to the federal appeals court. 

You might be wondering why would blocking people on social media be illegal and unconstitutional? But, the broader issue is that blocking users is against the First Amendment. The biggest problem President Trump ran into was that he blocked users from an account he uses to communicate important government news. "Because Mr. Trump uses Twitter to conduct government business, he cannot exclude some Americans from reading his posts — and engaging in conversations in the replies to them — because he does not like their views."

Trump argues that his account is only for personal use. But, when looking at his accounts he only has one Twitter account. He gives personal and political views on one page. If the president wanted to defer from listening to what the court rules he must separate his accounts. He could have one account for all personal views. Whereas if he disagrees with someone or an individual is "trolling" him he would have the power to block them. Sadly, due to his personal and political views being on one account he must follow the First Amendment and not block users and unblock the ones he has wrongfully blocked.