Government,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 27, 2019
Panel hears arguments over Trump tweets
On Tuesday, a panel of federal appellate judges considered free speech rights in the context of President Donald Trump’s well-known use of his Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
The U.S. Constitution protects freedom of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court has long held that the free speech clause of the First Amendment restricts government regulation of private speech. In the high court's words, the First Amendment represents, "a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open." New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964). This commitment is ess...
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