The civil liberties group argued that the directive from a D.C. federal judge violates Trump's First Amendment rights and the public's right to hear what he has to say.
The civil liberties group argued that the directive from a D.C. federal judge violates Trump’s First Amendment rights and the public’s right to hear what he has to say.
“The obvious and unprecedented public interest in this prosecution, as well as the widespread political speech that it has generated and will continue to generate, only underscores the need to apply the most stringent First Amendment standard to a restraint on Defendant’s speech rights,” ACLU attorneys wrote inThe group urged Chutkan to reevaluate her order, calling it both vague and overbroad, with aspects of its meaning “unknown and perhaps unknowable.
The ACLU brief also echoed arguments from Trump’s lawyers that his speech should not be curtailed simply because some who hear it may have acted violently or issued explicit threats to the targets of his ire.
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