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Trump v. Twitter, Part 2: Can a Private Company Violate the First Amendment?

Trump v. Twitter, Part 2: Can a Private Company Violate the First Amendment?
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This is the second in a three part series exploring issues raised by former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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