A federal judge issued a decision that the White House must restore the access of Associated Press (AP) reporters to the press pool and certain places such as the Oval Office and Air Force One.
The judge of the District Court, Judge Trevor McFadden, issued a ruling on Tuesday, stating that the Court was granting the “relief” of the AP after submitting a lawsuit in February in response to the coup with limited access to presidential events and places Shas Airc. Force. Air Forces Air Forces McFadden argued that the exclusion of AP from the press group and certain spaces is “contrary to the first amendment.”
McFadden explained in the ruling that, although the court “grants” the preliminary order of Associated Press, “does not limit the various reasons allowed by which the Government can have to exclude journalists from limited access events.”
“Today, the Court grants that relief. But this injury does not limit the various reasons allowed by which the Government can have to exclude journalists from limited access events,” McFadden said. “It does not require that all eligible journalists, or any journalist, are given access to the president or the spaces of the non -public government.”
McFadden continued to point out that “the Court simply argues that under the first amendment, if the government opens to some journalists,” then “cannot close them to other journalists” depending on their views:
No, the court simply maintains that under the first amendment, if the Government opens doors to some journalists, the Oval Office is seen, the East or elsewhere, journalists cannot be to other journalists because or their point of view. The Constitution does not require less.
As Breitbart News reported, the AP presented a law against the White House Cabinet Chief, Susan Wiles, the White House Cabinet, Taylor Budowich, and the White House Secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt after the recline’s space reception space.
In February, the White House announced that the AP was prohibited from the Oval Office and Air Force One in response to its decision not to recognize the “Gulf of America.”
“The Associated Press continues to ignore the change of legal geographic name of the Gulf of America. This decision is not only divisive, but also exposes Associated Press’s commitment to wrong information,” Budowich saying In an X post at that time. “While your right to irresponsible and dishonest reports is protected by the first amendment, it does not guarantee its privilege of access without restrictions on limited spaces, such as the oval office and the Air Force.”
In January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that designates the name change of the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America”.
Since then, Apple Maps and Google Maps have updated maps to recognize the name change to the Gulf of America.
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