Twice during President Trump’s first term, his administration tried to prevent a journalist whose work it did not like from reporting at the White House. Twice, judges rejected the moves as unconstitutional and restored the journalists’ access. Now the administration is attempting the same move, barring journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House because they had written what the president called “purposefully negative stories.”
The new ban is alarming for two reasons: It continues both Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society and his utter disregard of the law.
In his first term, trial courts and an appeals court issued clear rulings blocking the very policy he has again implemented. He has gone ahead anyway, much as he and his aides have flagrantly broken the law across multiple areas during his second term. The administration ignored an order to halt planes carrying deportees to El Salvador; violated nearly 100 court orders during an immigration crackdown in Minnesota; went to war in Iran and impounded funds without congressional approval; used federal power to corruptly enrich Mr. Trump and his allies; and much more.
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