Suit argues forcing Apple to remove app, and threatening dev with legal action is a First Amendment violation

Does the first amendment allow citizens to track law enforcement activity? After publishing an iOS app that shows where ICE agents have deployed, ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron saw the Trump admin pressure Apple into pulling the software and threaten him with prosecution. Now he's fighting back.

Aaron filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C. district court Monday, accusing Trump administration Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons, and others of infringing on his First Amendment right to free speech. 

While often misunderstood to apply to the actions of private organizations that people don't agree with (e.g., kicking people off a social media platform for hate speech or telling someone to leave a physical establishment for being disruptive), the Constitution's First Amendment actually prevents the government from retaliating against citizens for engaging in protected speech, which is precisely ...