Donald Trump: July 7, 2021

The Founding Fathers inscribed this right in the very first amendment to the Constitution because they knew that free speech is essential to the prevention, and look…. prevention of horror, and to the preservation of our republic.

This morning, we learned that no one taught Donald Trump world history, even the most basic world history. He needed the 20th Century explained to his racist, Hitler-appreciating, remaining lobe. Now, in a press conference on his “major First Amendment action,” we learned that no one taught Donald Trump 8th-grade civics. Oh, we’re sure someone tried, but no one succeeded. Trump is to education, as oil is to water.

The man who has filed and defended more lawsuits than perhaps any other private person still doesn’t understand how they work, or how the Constitution works. We would love to think that a lawyer somewhere (If Trump gets around to actually filing this lawsuit) explained to Trump that this lawsuit is doomed, certainly if Trump believes it has anything to do with the First Amendment.

Trump announced he’s taking on the role as the “lead plaintiff” in a class-action lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook, and Google, and their CEOs. Sometimes people think “class action” lawsuits are more important because it sounds impressive. They are not, and – for the most part – the only real winners in class action lawsuits are the lawyers. A “Class Action” is a lawsuit filed on behalf of a “class” of people (those who received faulty breast implants, those who got cancer due to Round-Up, cancer due to asbestos …) they are usually consumer cases where the lead plaintiffs couldn’t possibly know the exact name of each person damaged. Thus, the lawyers designate a “class” and have to advertise, a judge has to approve whether a class has been established.

We can’t even be sure if Trump actually knows whether he’s filing a class-action lawsuit, despite what he said because he also said that the Founding Fathers created a right to free speech in the first amendment, but forgot to mention that the constitution only limits government action. If you want to stand in the middle of a public park and yell “Trump Sucks!!” You have a First Amendment right to do so. If you want to stand in line at Chuckie Cheese and yell “Trump Sucks” they have the right to throw you out. Twitter, Facebook, and Google are all playing the role of Chuckie Cheese in this example.

The only way (that we can envision) a person winning a lawsuit for being kicked off of Twitter or Facebook and get a judgment that requires reinstatement is if the person could prove that he or she was kicked off because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, etc. under the Civil Rights Act. It is also conceivable that a person who had a very valuable following, one with millions of followers (which becomes an account with high monetary value), could sue the companies for the money lost if he or she proved that Twitter or Facebook violated their own rules in canceling their account. But in that case, the court might not order reinstatement, only damages.

That’s it. That’s the list. Or at least that’s the only list we can think of. We have yet to read anything from any legal expert, most knowing 100x more law than us, coming to a different conclusion.

Plus, Trump can’t even articulate why the First Amendment is important! Listen to this guy!

the 1st Amendment does not give you a right to a Twitter or Facebook account pic.twitter.com/QquZx1CYpz

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 7, 2021

Jesus having lunch with Jack Dorsey, this guy… can’t even get a sentence straight, “horrors” of …

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