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The White House violated the Constitution after Careing the Associated Press From the events of the oval office, according to the sentence of a federal judge on Tuesday.
The District Judge of the United States Trevor N. McFaddden, a nominated Trump, he said That the White House acted against the first amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on points of view, blocking the access of the long -standing publication on its refusal to use the term “Gulf of America”.
“The government does not offer more plausible explanation for its treatment of the AP. The Constitution prohibits discrimination of the point of view, even in an unpublished forum like the oval office,” wrote McFaddden.
The Associated Press has lost access to Oval Office and Air Force One Press Events in February. (Getty Images)
“Under the first amendment, if the government opens its doors to some journalists, either to it to the oval, the East Room or elsewhere, therefore it cannot close those doors to other journalists because of their points of view,” he added. “The Constitution does not require less.”
McFadden has established that the White House must restore access to the AP printing, but delayed the order for a week to allow the White House the possibility of appealing.
After President Donald Trump signed an executive order that renounces the “Gulf of Mexico” al “Gulf of America” On its first day in office, the AP issued a style guide on how the store was referring to the water body.
“The Gulf of Mexico has brought that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press will report it with its original name while recognizing the new name that Trump has chosen. As a global printing agency that spreads news all over the world, the AP must guarantee that the names of the places and geography are easily recognizable to all public”, say the guidelines.
The White House has blocked AP by the Oval Office and Air Force One in February for its refusal to use the term “Gulf of America.”
The White House attacked the refusal of AP to use the term “Gulf of America”. (AP/Google Maps)
The deputy chief of the staff of the White House Taylor Budowich wrote on X at the time: “The Associated Press continues to ignore the legitimate change of geographical name of the Gulf of America. This decision is not only divisive, but also exposes the commitment of the Associated Press not to lose the right. Office and Air Force One.”
Days before, the press secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt had said that “it is a fact that the water body off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America and I am not sure of the reason why the news do not want to call it that”.
In a statement on Tuesday, the spokesman for the EP Lauren Easton expressed gratitude for the decision.
“We are gratified by the Court’s decision”, Easton he said. “Today’s sentence states the fundamental right of the press and the public to speak freely without government retaliation. This is a freedom guaranteed for all Americans in the Constitution of the United States.”
Fox News Digital contacted the White House for a comment.
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Judge McFadden gave the White House a week to restore AP access to give the appeal time. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
In a comment to Fox News DigitalThe director of the Foundation for individual rights and the expression of the public Aaron Term has celebrated the decision as a victory for the first amendment.
“This decision is a clear victory for the freedom of the press,” said Terr. “The Court held the basic principle of the first amendment according to which the Government cannot punish journalists just because they do not like their opinions or reports. The AP is free to use their own pre-approval-noun book by the White House requested.”
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