Naomi Reice Buchwald

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Naomi Reice Buchwald
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Assumed office
March 21, 2012

On May 23, 2018, Buchwald held that President Trump's blocking of the plaintiffs from the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account "because of their expressed political views violates the First Amendment." [19] Buchwald differentiated between Twitter's muting and blocking functions, explaining that muting "vindicates the President's right to ignore certain speakers and to selectively amplify the voices of certain others . . . without restricting the right of the ignored to speak." Buchwald declined, however, to issue an injunction against the president and instead issued a declaratory judgment with the statement that "we must assume that the President and Scavino [ Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media] will remedy the blocking we have held to be unconstitutional." [20] [21]

This decision stands in conflict with similar cases from other courts. For example, earlier in 2018, a Kentucky judge upheld a governor's decision to block commenters from his Twitter and Facebook feeds in Morgan v. Bevin (E.D. Ky. 2018). [22] Another example is Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine, who is fighting a lawsuit for blocking Democratic activist and radio personality Grant Stern. [23]

Buchwald's ruling was affirmed by the 2nd circuit on July 9, 2019, [24] and the 2nd circuit denied en banc rehearing on March 23, 2020 [25] Then, on April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court ordered the case to be dismissed as moot. [26]

Chung v. Trump

On March 25, 2025, Buchwald granted a temporary restraining order blocking immigration officials from detaining or deporting Yunseo Chung, a 21-year old green card holder at Columbia University who participated in a pro-Palestine protest at Barnard College. [27]

Personal life

She was married on January 19, 1974, to Don David Buchwald of Jericho, New York. [5] They have a son, David Evan Buchwald, a New York state assemblyman. [28]

See also

References

  1. Confirmation Hearings On Federal Appointments, Part 1A [Errata], 1999
  2. "Buchwald, Naomi Reice | Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  3. "Hon. Naomi Reice Buchwald | U.S District Court". nysd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Naomi Reice Buchwald at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  5. 1 2 3 "Naomi Reice Will Be Bride," The New York Times, January 6, 1974, page 66
  6. Almanac of the federal judiciary. Vol. 1. Chicago, Illinois: Wolters Kluwer. 2025. p. 47. ISBN   9780735568891.
  7. "SEC v. Dorozhko, 606 F. Supp. 2d 321 (S.D.N.Y. 2008). Retrieved 2010-10-27" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  8. "SEC v. Dorozhko, 574 F.3d 42 (2d Cir. 2009). Retrieved 2010-10-27" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  9. "SEC v. Dorozhko (S.D.N.Y. 2010). Retrieved 2010-10-27" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  10. "Common Sense and Insider Trading" by Floyd Norris, The New York Times blog, March 29, 2010, 6:50 pm. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  11. "Organic Seed Growers & Trade Ass'n v. Monsanto Co.", No. 11 Civ. 2163 (NRB) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2012).
  12. "Monsanto prevails in suit brought by organic growers" by Carey Gillam, Reuters.com updated February 28th 2012, 2:17 AM. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  13. "Monsanto Lawsuit: Organic Farmers Appeal U.S. District Court Decision" by Carey Gillam, Reuters.com updated March 28th 2012, 3:46 PM. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  14. "Top U.S. court refuses to hear appeal of Monsanto seed case". Reuters. Jan 13, 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  15. Henning, Peter J. (April 2013). "In Libor Ruling, a Big Win for the Banks".
  16. In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation , no. 11-2262 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2013)
  17. "LIBOR Antitrust Claims Revived by Second Circuit". Sidley Austin LLP. May 24, 2016. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  18. In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation , no. 13-3565 (2d Cir. May 23, 2016)
  19. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al. Archived 2019-08-11 at the Wayback Machine , No. 17 Civ. 5205 (S.D.N.Y. May 23, 2018).
  20. The Volokh Conspiracy, The Trump Twitter Declaratory Judgment (May 24, 2018).
  21. Cullins, Ashley (May 23, 2018). "Donald Trump Can't Block Twitter Users Over Politics, Judge Rules". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  22. The Volokh Conspiracy, Blocking of Twitter Users from @RealDonaldTrump Violates First Amendment (May 23, 2018).
  23. Politico, Levine’s social media blocking haunts Florida gubernatorial campaign (May 18, 2018).
  24. "Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. Trump, No. 18-1691 (2d Cir. 2019)". Justia. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  25. "Order (denying en banc petition): KNIGHT INSTITUTE V. TRUMP - A lawsuit challenging President Trump's blocking of critics on Twitter". knightcolumbia.org. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  26. "Knight Institute v. Trump". knightcolumbia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  27. "Judge rules Columbia protester can't be detained as she fights deportation". The Guardian. March 25, 2025. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  28. "Lara Samet and David Buchwald," The New York Times, March 2, 2014, page ST-16
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1999–2012
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