There is no 1st Amendment right to delete one’s tweets, in that Twitter of course can revoke it (private action). It would have 1st Amendment implications, however, if the government were to, for example, pass a law preventing you from taking down your own political speech, whether on twitter, facebook, or a poster…

So then, we can at least agree that “The problem is that he very likely isn’t allowed to do that anymore” is wrong?

That was for security reasons. What does that have to do with the subject at hand? It had absolutely nothing to do with public records.

You’re mixing up several concepts.

You make a good point about keeping separate records as another argument. I hadn’t thought of that. I wonder if Twitter has tools to do that automatically, in fact.

They absolutely disprove your premise that everything a President does is a “matter of public record.” Which means you have to start drawing lines and not think in absolutist terms.

Unfortunately/fortunately (depending on perspective), the law does not see things that way. The President is still a citizen, entitled to the protections and encumbered by the restraints under the constitution and laws.

Correct...

While not advisable for a number of reasons, he’s perfectly within his rights to do so, as long as he doesn’t use it for official business.

Nope. @realdonaldtrump is his private account

What nonsense. “The problem is that he very likely isn’t allowed to do that anymore” is absolutely false. This is a private account. He’s still a person, and a citizen. He has the same right to delete his own tweet as anyone else. Even in the unlikely event that the Court found that any public records statute covers…

As Joe Manchin (D) explained today, “No one gave us a manual when we became governor...I have no doubt that Rick is not only going to be able to do the job; he’s going to excel at the job.” In other words, it’s the managerial experience of running an organization even larger than the Department of Energy, among other…

I’m curious if you have any ideas on what to do about this problem, for someone who docks their laptop regularly.

I watched him at Sessions’ hearing the other day. He’s on the Judiciary Committee, and made a complete ass out of himself. He must have said “I’m not a lawyer, but” about 15 times, and each time followed it up with something that made clear he knew nothing about the subject on which he was questioning.

Didn’t say it does. I said it makes him as qualified, or more qualified, than Franken. That’s a pretty low bar

And Perry was Chief Executive of the 2nd largest state in the union(a State with a larger economy that of all of Central America, combined), and leader of its National Guard. The question is, does that experience prepare him for this role.

It looks like even Schumer thinks that some are qualified. After all, it’s expected that he’ll agree to allow votes on around 5 nominees on Inauguration Day. Mattis and Kelly are pretty much shoe-ins at this point, for example.

Not sure Franken would be one to ask that question, of all questions...

That’s exactly the kind of reasoning that very well may come back to bite him. The jury Might get that same impression, and see it as their responsibility to take him down a couple of notches, and put him on notice that he can’t treat people like ants.

Saying he has never heard ofZeniMax probably won’t seem like much of a “burn” in the end (at least not in the way it is meant here). I hadn’t either, but I certainly have heard of Bathesda and id, and their respective franchises. And I also know of Carmack. While I’m not a hardcore gamer, he’s a legend, and just about…