Trump Asks 2nd Circuit To Rehear 1st Amendment Twitter-Blocking Suit

Mealey's (August 26, 2019, 1:20 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Calling a panel ruling against him “fundamentally misconceived,” President Donald J. Trump on Aug. 23 filed a brief asking the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to rehear en banc the appeal in a case in which he was found to have violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by blocking individuals who disagreed with him from his Twitter account (Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 18-1691, 2nd Cir.)....