Legal experts mock Republican activist for asking the Supreme Court to 'overturn' Trump's Facebook ban
On Wednesday, May 5, former President Donald Trump and his supporters suffered a major disappointment when Facebook announced that the suspension of his account would continue. One of those sycophants is GOP activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who tweeted that the U.S. Supreme should "overturn" Facebook's decision and is being mocked unmercifully for it.
Kirk posted:
The US Supreme Court should overturn the Facebook’s “Oversight Board’s” “ruling” which upholds the outlawing of the… https://t.co/NhRvemwOXn— Charlie Kirk (@Charlie Kirk) 1620221365
Trump was suspended from both Facebook and Twitter following the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol Building by violent far-right extremists, including members of QAnon, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Both social media outlets suspended Trump for promoting violence and pushing false claims about the 2020 presidential election, saying that he was violating their terms of service. The suspension of Trump's Twitter account also remains.
Legal expert Mike Dunford slammed Kirk's tweet as "the single dumbest 'legal take' of all time," and Dunford is hardly the only one who is calling Kirk out.
This is the single dumbest "legal take" of all time. https://t.co/zh2zENZQl6— Mike Dunford (@Mike Dunford) 1620224024
Matt Ford, known for covering legal issues for the New Republic, sarcastically tweeted:
Yeah they’ll get right on that https://t.co/QH5wqIhqLG— Matt Ford (@Matt Ford) 1620222422
Some more brutal sarcasm came from Eric Columbus, an alumni of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
The US Supreme Court should overturn Stephen Strasburg's shoulder injury, which hampers the Nationals' pitching sta… https://t.co/ouKYjUN5uW— Eric Columbus (@Eric Columbus) 1620223217
Here are some other responses to Kirk's tweet.
That’s not how any of this works https://t.co/HupmC2z3mS— Jan Wolfe (@Jan Wolfe) 1620222519
The US Supreme Court should order companies to make a bacon package you can open easily https://t.co/6sUoatXMGS— Michael McDonald (@Michael McDonald) 1620223576
It’s neither outlawing nor oligarchy. What you seek is government takeover of private enterprise, comrade. https://t.co/9bZzBjdViS— Jay Marshall Wolman (@Jay Marshall Wolman) 1620224126
@charliekirk11 Imagine misunderstanding the American system of government as badly as Charlie does.— E.J. Kalafarski (@E.J. Kalafarski) 1620221704
@ejkalafarski @charliekirk11 Common theme I've noticed with the maga crowd- they don't have the slightest clue how… https://t.co/9CcrUeAoPd— Gabe Mento (@Gabe Mento) 1620222142
@wolmanj Imagine the cognitive dissonance when Charlie Kirk and his ilk start advocating for communist policies...… https://t.co/qveNedbIb1— Joshua aka Moe Pho Kerr (Minister of Chonks) (@Joshua aka Moe Pho Kerr (Minister of Chonks)) 1620224338
@steve_vladeck Who doesn't support a constitutional amendment to give SCOTUS original jurisdiction over Facebook beefs?— Leonard Seaman (@Leonard Seaman) 1620223539
@steve_vladeck Who doesn't support a constitutional amendment to give SCOTUS original jurisdiction over Facebook beefs?— Leonard Seaman (@Leonard Seaman) 1620223539
I wish I had a nickel for everything that qualifies for @BadLegalTakes https://t.co/rYzFKdUEUG— Eric Turkewitz @Turkewitz@Mastodon.world (@Eric Turkewitz @Turkewitz@Mastodon.world) 1620224283
yes yes very standing much legal https://t.co/vYA95ZYA0O— Liz Dye (@Liz Dye) 1620224499
@5DollarFeminist It's right there in the Constitution. Article 99, Section Z. Every former President of these Unite… https://t.co/UnhOCMQR5F— Chris Russo (@Chris Russo) 1620224829
