A federal judge has sided with the Associated Press after the Trump White House blocked the outlet from media events for refusing to use the term “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico.”
In a new ruling, Judge Trevor McFadden granted an injunction, calling the administration’s move blatant “viewpoint discrimination” and saying it violated the First Amendment, per CNN.
The White House had restricted AP’s access to the Oval Office and East Room after the outlet declined to adopt President Trump’s remaming for the body of water. The court said the AP doesn’t have a constitutional right to be in those spaces—but it does have a right not to be excluded because of its editorial stance. "The Constitution forbids viewpoint discrimination, even in a nonpublic forum like the Oval Office," McFadden wrote.
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