CNN, MS NOW and Politico remained barred from the White House hours after a federal judge ordered their access restored, prompting the news outlets to seek an immediate court hearing on Thursday.
The judge had temporarily blocked President Donald Trump ’s ban on the three outlets and ordered early Thursday that their access to the White House be restored, Associated Press (AP) reported. The ban on the three news organisations was unconstitutional, the judge ruled, as per Reuters .
The outlets said that the decision violated their First Amendment protections and their right to due process. In his late-night ruling, Judge Timothy ordered the White House to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” the three outlets’ access. US district judge Timothy Kelly issued the order on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by the three media organisations after the White House revoked their access.
Because it singled them out for the content of their coverage, the outlets argued in a joint lawsuit that the ban was a blatant violation of the First Amendment.
The Trump administration later justified in court and said that the outlets violated standards of professionalism and decorum and published sensitive or classified information.
