Politician’s Ban Of Facebook User Violated 1st Amendment, 4th Circuit Rules

Mealey's (January 10, 2019, 11:28 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Concluding that a politician’s Facebook page constituted a public forum, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 7 found that her decision to ban a critical constituent from posting on the page violated his rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Brian Davison v. Phyllis Randall, et al., No. 17-2002 and 17-2003, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 406)....