The US Justice Department asked the Supreme Court of this country to reconsider its decision not to allow Trump to block his critics on Twitter.

US President Donald Trump in May 2018 was sued by a group of Twitter users on alleged constitutional violations when he blocked his critics in a series of comments related to the handling of Twitter.

The US Federal Court of Appeal in July 2019 upheld the verdict.

In an August 20 appeal to the Supreme Court, the US Justice Department said that if the ruling of the appeals court is upheld, this "would prevent those in charge of the presidential office from using new technology to

Last month, the First Amendment Knights at Columbia University filed a new lawsuit with the District Court in Manhattan, on behalf of five individuals still blocked by Trump on Twitter.

"The above case shows a fundamental principle for our democracy and basically means the First Amendment: government officials cannot exclude people from public forums only.

Trump's personal Twitter account opened in 2009, and has become a powerful weapon with more than 85 million followers for the White House boss to attack critics and promote his agenda.