Tuesday, April 08, 2025

AYFKM?

Legal Insurrection: "Judge Orders Trump to Restore Associated Press Access to White House - “No, the Court simply holds that under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists—be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere—it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints.”

According to this logic, the White House cannot refuse a pass to any person calling himself/herself a "journalist."

Also, if the White House press secretary calls on everybody but the Associated Press during a press conference, is that also a violation of this order?  Does the White House have any discretion at all or is it only ever under the thumb of compulsion by flighty judicial decisions?

I feel like this is a hill the White House should fight on and it should use press access during the Biden administration as a counterargument.  

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