Mock not, lest ye be mocked upon -- Pug Mahoney
Freedom of speech includes the freedom to disagree.
Notwithstanding the current president's fragile ego and his inability to tolerate criticism, he cannot ban disagreement and mockery from his Twitter site if he also uses it for official business.
That's the ruling from a federal appeals court, upholding a challenge by those who were blocked from posting comments on the site because they severely criticized him.
Moreover, the court said the president violated the Constitution in doing so.
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in Washington, ruled unanimously that because the president uses Twitter for government business, he cannot exclude some from posting comments because he dislikes their views.
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