At what point do we draw the line between someone being an individual in power

and someone being the power they hold?

That was my question

I have NEVER considered the president of the United States to be the government.

Was wondering if they made it clear where it stops in the ruling

I have considered them to be the custodian of it.

This judgement is reaching.

If the president uses his privilege to broadcast a message over the television

Private citizens are NOT entitled to broadcast their own replies.

Still, what can the judge do? Force him to unblock them?

okay, so it would be fine for the president, as a private citizen, to use their own money to hire private security to silence certain people? I mean, its not the government then. He is not, necessarily, using any government power, only the power he wields as a private citizen right?

where do we draw the line?

when does his actions as a private citizen then suddenly cross the line?

Define silence?

Because when you put it that way, that sounds like hiring a hitman.

which is illegal anyway.

no, prevent from speaking

now allow them into a place "open to the public"

lets say some other place that is designated a public forum

That's a poor point.

Like forcfully holding them?

If Trump has a state of the union address

He actually DOES have a security force

that stops people from coming up and using the podium for a rebuttal.

law and the constitution dictates that the government cannot prevent people from going to an open public form

HOWEVER, it is absolutely legal for them to voice and publish their rebuttal

THAT is protected by the First Amendment.

Speaking of

Musk is doing a poll on twitter

You guys got twitter?

Only way to see Trump's tweets in context so yeah.

Twitter blocked me from following anybody 4 days ago

fml

Go vote on musks poll I guess

They tried to force me to give them my phone# when I signed up

Oh I had to give my phone twice

and after that they made my twitter unusable for no reason

probably because I follow conservatives

It makes absolutely zero sense that a particular twitter account can be an open public forum

that is courted off by a private forum

That is to say