Trump, Author Tell 9th Circuit High Court Ruling Boosts Government Coercion Claims

Mealey's ( June 4, 2024, 1:38 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — In a June 3 filing, in which he was joined by a group of other Twitter users also alleging censorship of their accounts in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, former President Donald J. Trump informed the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that he joined in a notice of supplemental authority by a co-appellant who asserts that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the National Rifle Association (NRA) supports the present appellants’ contention that governmental coercion improperly led to the suspension of their social media accounts....