The White House has been ordered to restore the Associated Press’s access to President Donald Trump in areas where other journalists are permitted, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Judge Trevor McFadden of the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of AP, saying in a 41-page order that the government could not choose which reporters it permits access to based on “viewpoint” because it violates the First Amendment.
McFadden clarified that the order does not require the administration to give access to all eligible journalists or prohibit the government from choosing which journalists it gives interviews or questions to – but that it could not bar certain reporters on viewpoint alone.
President Donald Trump had limited the Associated Press’s access to key events by barring reporters from the Oval Office, Air Force One and other areas because the news organization made the editorial decision to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”
“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. The Constitution requires no less,” McFadden wrote.
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