Can't Block This!

Another setback. Trump must respect critics. He was ordered to unblock people on his social media platforms.

A federal judge ordered Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence to stop blocking critics. The federal judge said that our inept leader can't throw a temper tantrum whenever a critic like Rosie O'Donnell criticizes him.

Trump so far hasn't complied with the ruling.

Judge Noami Reice Buchweld ordered The White House to unblock all critics on the grounds of Trump being a "designated public forum."

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: granting in part and denying in part 34 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part 42 Motion for Summary Judgment. We conclude that we have jurisdiction to entertain this dispute. Plaintiffs have established legal injuries that are traceable to the conduct of the President and Daniel Scavino and, despite defendants' suggestions to the contrary, their injuries are redressable by a favorable judicial declaration. Plaintiffs lack standing, however, to sue Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is dismissed as a defendant. Hope Hicks is also dismissed as a defendant, in light of her resignation as White House Communications Director. Turning to the merits of plaintiffs' First Amendment claim, we hold that the speech in which they seek to engage is protected by the First Amendment and that the President and Scavino exert governmental control over certain aspects of the @realDonaldTrump account, including the interactive space of the tweets sent from the account. That interactive space is susceptible to analysis under the Supreme Court's forum doctrines, and is properly characterized as a designated public forum. The viewpoint-based exclusion of the individual plaintiffs from that designated public forum is proscribed by the First Amendment and cannot be justified by the President's personal First Amendment interests. In sum, defendants' motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part, and plaintiffs' cross-motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part. The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate the motions pending at docket entries 34 and 42. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on 5/23/2018) (ama) (Entered: 05/23/2018)

He is required by law to be transparent regardless of the platform.

Chrissy Teigen, Jim Carrey, Bette Midler and Marina Sirtis are notable celebrities blocked from Trump.

The order must rule that Trump cannot deny freedom of speech. Trump hasn't responded to the decision. He will probably defy the ruling.