Trump's unexpected 1st Amendment legacy

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President Trump's consistent attacks on free press and access to information, mostly through social media, have forced judges to re-evaluate the rules of political communications in the digital era. First Amendment advocates are waiting for a ruling that will end a two-year-long debate over whether President Donald Trump, and other public officials, can block constituents on social media. Shortly after Trump was elected, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) confirmed that tweets posted by President Trump using his @realDonaldTrump handle are considered presidential records. And in 2018, a federal judge found that the White House's stripping of the security pass of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta was unconstitutional.


Trump's unexpected 1st Amendment legacy