In February, the Associated Press (AP) was Indefinite restricted On its Stayelbuk entry from the White House and Air Force One to Mexico’s Gulf, set up a series Legal challengesToday, an American federal judge biased with the Associated Press, deciding that due to the first amendment, the government could not repeat journalists with some government incidents due to its approach.
As Axis Notes in its coverageThe case is not only an important win for AP, but a major win for free press on the board and a significant litmus test to the boundaries of the Trump administration’s press efforts to reduce the press. White House has also recently made waves Breaking a century of example And to control which outlets have access to the President, the control which is historically under the purview of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA).
As part of it decision Filed today, Colombia Judge Trevor N. The appointment of a President Trump in the United States District Court, 2017 for McFide’s district, said, “(T) He only believes in the court that under the first amendment, under the first amendment, if the government does not open its doors to some journalists – it cannot do the oval office, east room, or anywhere else.”
Judge McFaden’s decision also says that there are “various permissible reasons” why the government can exclude journalists from limited access events. The ruling ruling government officials “prevents which journalists to sit for interviews or what questions they answer.”
AP cannot achieve it once “enjoying under WHCA”, but the White House cannot treat “AP” “worse than its colleague wire services”.
At the end of the 41-Page’s opinion, Judge McFaden says that the speed of the AP for the initial prohibition, which was earlier refused to be further refused to be pending, is now provided.
The judge said, “AP will be denied access to the Oval office, Air Force one, and other limited places, when such vacancies are opened to other members of the White House Press Pool,” the judge said.
