In July 2017, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven individuals who were blocked from the president’s Twitter account because they criticized him or his policies. Knight Institute Senior Staff Attorney Katie Fallow discussed the status of the case and the novel First Amendment questions it raises with Alexander Heffernan on PBS's "The Open Mind."
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All the President's Twitter Blocks
Knight Institute Senior Staff Attorney Katie Fallow discusses the Knight Institute's First Amendment lawsuit against the president, on PBS's "The Open Mind"
Knight Institute v. Trump
A lawsuit challenging President Trump's blocking of critics on Twitter