▁account ", ▁and ▁blocking ▁people ▁from ▁it ▁viol ates ▁their ▁rights ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁a ▁" design ated ▁public ▁forum ". ▁Buch wald ▁introduced ▁the ▁decision ▁by ▁writing : ▁ ▁This ▁case ▁requires ▁us ▁to ▁consider ▁whether ▁a ▁public ▁official ▁may , ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁First ▁Am end ment , ▁“ block ” ▁a ▁person ▁from ▁his ▁Twitter ▁account ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁political ▁views ▁that ▁person ▁has ▁expressed , ▁and ▁whether ▁the ▁analysis ▁diff ers ▁because ▁that ▁public ▁official ▁is ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁answer ▁to ▁both ▁questions ▁is ▁no . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁government ▁file d ▁an ▁appeal ▁brief ▁with ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁for ▁the ▁Second ▁Circ uit . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁pla int iffs ▁file d ▁their ▁appeal ▁brief ▁in ▁response . ▁Or al ▁argument ▁was ▁heard ▁March ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁The ▁Second ▁Circ uit ▁issued ▁its ▁decision ▁on ▁July ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁u ph old ing ▁Judge ▁Buch wald ' s ▁opinion . ▁The ▁Second ▁Circ uit ▁determined ▁that ▁Trump ▁used ▁his ▁Twitter ▁to ▁conduct ▁official ▁government ▁business , ▁and ▁therefore , ▁he ▁cannot ▁block ▁Americans ▁from ▁the ▁account ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁their ▁political ▁views . ▁The ▁government ▁was ▁denied ▁an ▁en ▁b anc ▁review ▁by ▁the ▁full ▁Second ▁Circ uit ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁On ▁the