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U.S. judge questions whether Trump can block Twitter users

The masthead of U.S. President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account is seen on July 11, 2017. (Courtesy)

A federal judge on Thursday expressed skepticism about whether U.S. President Donald Trump can constitutionally block Twitter users whose views he does not like from following and responding to his own Twitter account.

At a hearing in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald asked Michael Baer, a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice arguing for Trump, whether letting the president bar users from @realDonaldTrump would violate their First Amendment free speech rights.

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