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No, Trump isn’t breaching your First Amendment rights by blocking you on Twitter

By Tom Rogan
Published July 11, 2017 9:11pm ET
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No, Trump isn’t breaching your First Amendment rights by blocking you on Twitter
Being blocked by Trump does not overly preclude one's ability to engage with Trump. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) | J.David Ake

Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute has filed a suit against President Trump, alleging that Trump has breached the First Amendment rights of those he has blocked on Twitter.

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