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"The suits allege that the companies violated Trump’s First Amendment rights in suspending his accounts and argues that Facebook, in particular, no longer shoul
by sithadmin 5y ago
"The suits allege that the companies violated Trump’s First Amendment rights in suspending his accounts and argues that Facebook, in particular, no longer should be considered a private company but “a state actor” whose actions are constrained by First Amendment restrictions on government limitations on free speech."
I don't understand how any attorney would be willing to bring such a ludicrous argument in front of the court. It's a massive embarrassment to the profession.
I find it even more dumbfounding that US judges will put up with frivolous nonsense like this without sanctioning the attorneys that brought it to their court.
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- dukeofdoom 5y agoOn twitter, in the lawsuit below, it was basically government censorship, disguised by one step, through a consulting firm working for the government. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, Twitter, and others sued for 1st Amendment violations regarding state coordinated banning of Twitter accounts https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/u-s-senator-alex-padilla-twitter-and-others-sued-for-1st-amendment-violations-regarding-state/article_f129d9ec-d051-11eb-b280-930ef66f4071.html https://www.thedesertreview.com/news/u-s-senator-alex-padill...
- a_conservative 5y agoI'm interested in your high level of confidence. Not only will Trump lose, but it's embarrassing to lawyers as a whole? That's quite a statement. Wouldn't it make more sense to wait until evidence and the case in general has been presented before making statements like this? Personally, the "conspiracy theory" I've heard is that members of the US government were sending messages directly to Twitter's staff requesting censorship of specific posts. It seems reasonable for the courts to get involved if a private entity is censoring on behalf of government agents personally, but I'm not a lawyer.
- kadoban 5y agoIt's not like there's no history of lawsuits and threats from Trump in the past to provide a baseline. Does he deserve the benefit of the doubt anymore for these? How many media outlets did he threaten to sue? How many nonsense election lawsuits did he throw out? Trump uses lawsuits and threats of lawsuits as a weapon. Most of them are not even designed to have any hope of winning, that's not what they're for.
- sithadmin 5y agoIt's not worth responding to the accounts attacking my post. Look at their comment history. They're trolls.