The Second Circuit’s recent unanimous decision in Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump finding that the president cannot block critics from his Twitter account’s feed was anything but surprising for those who even have a passing knowledge of the First Amendment.

The president brought the ruling on himself when he blocked a handful of critics—out of thousands—from replying to his tweets and supporting other critics. After all, it was the president who, despite enormous criticism during and after the 2016 campaign, insisted that he would continue to use the platform to communicate directly with the American people. Rather than bow to those who claimed his aggressive use of the platform was unpresidential Mr. Trump declared it to be modern presidential communication that he would not abandon. Other elected officials on both sides of the aisle have followed suit.

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