District Court, S.D. Illinois May 23, 2018, 17 Civ. 5205 (NRB) (Knight First Amendment Inst. At Columbia Univ. v. Trump)

NAOMI REICE BUCHWALD, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This case requires us to consider whether a public official may, consistent with the First Amendment, "block" a person from his Twitter account in response to the political views that person has expressed, and whether the analysis differs because that public official is the President of the United States. The answer to both questions is no.