The letter states, "This Twitter account operates as a "designated public forum" for First Amendment purposes, and accordingly the viewpoint-based blocking of our clients is unconstitutional". The president blocked them after they responded negatively to his tweets, and, unsurprisingly, they're not alone.
Twitter users block people all the time.
This letter comes only days after a confusing back and forth from Trump's advisers on whether or not Trump's tweets represent the White House.
Senior litigator at the Institute, Katie Fallow, meanwhile, said that "When new communications platforms are developed, core First Amendment principles can not be left behind".
The group's letter focused on the @realDonaldTrump account, from which the President does most of his tweeting, but they pointed out that their argument applied to the official @POTUS account too.
"The president is president of the United States", Spicer said, "so they are considered official statements by the president of the United States". Twitter allows users to block others, censor "sensitive content", and even mute certain keywords that they would rather not have appear on their timeline.
A new poll Wednesday found 61 percent of Trump voters think it's a good idea for the president to "replace high-level members" of his White House staff, according to a new poll released by Morning Consult/Politico.
In a letter addressed to Trump, his counsel, press secretary and social media director, the institute wrote on behalf of Holly O'Reilly and Joseph M. Papp, both of whom criticized the president on the social media platform in recent weeks and said they were blocked.
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Still, the letter wasn't all criticisms: The Knight Institute praised the president for his use of the social medium to communicate with the public.
Justice Anthony Kennedy also compared Twitter to the public square, saying "their utility and their extent of their coverage are greater than the communication you could ever had, even in the paradigm of public square".
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A growing number of Americans, from 49 percent to 59 percent, said Trump's use of Twitter is a bad thing, including 77 percent of Democrats (up 5 points from December) and 61 percent of independents, an 18-point increase among that demographic.
The Knight Institute says the private-public line was totally blurred with the president unabashedly mixed the two when he tweeted "official statements" from his private account. One tweet said "Greetings from Pittsburgh, Sir".
"The significant harm, and one for which there aren't obvious workarounds, is that you're excluded from the comment threads discussing the president's tweets", Abdo said.
Legal experts have said his tweets may directly affect policy.
However, apart from praises and accusations there was nearly nothing of effect that the president tweeted about.
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