Appeals court upholds ruling restricting Associated Press access to Trump
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on July 22 upheld an earlier ruling allowing the Trump administration to block The Associated Press from covering the president in certain spaces.
The full US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in an order that it would keep in place a June 6 decision that found that it was legal for the president to restrict access to a news organisation in invite-only places like the Oval Office or Air Force One.
The White House has been at loggerheads with the AP since February, when it began barring the outlet's journalists from press events because it continued to use the term Gulf of Mexico in news coverage instead Gulf of America, as the president has renamed the body of water.
After the AP sued, a judge for the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the administration to let the AP back into the press pool, a rotating group of reporters who closely follow the president. The judge said that blocking the AP from presidential events violated the First Amendment.
On June 6, a three-judge panel in the DC appeals court voted 2-1 to pause that ruling, with one judge writing that the White House 'retains discretion to determine, including on the basis of viewpoint, which journalists will be admitted.'
July 22's order by the full court is a blow to the AP, but not necessarily the end of the legal battle. The AP could appeal to the Supreme Court.
'We are disappointed by today's procedural decision but remain focused on the strong district court opinion in support of free speech as we have our case heard,' Mr Patrick Maks, an AP spokesperson, said in a statement.
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'As we've said throughout, the press and the public have a fundamental right to speak freely without government retaliation,' he added. 'We look forward to continuing to produce strong, factual and nonpartisan coverage of the administration.'
A White House spokesperson, Harrison Fields, said in a statement: 'We applaud the Court's decision to effectively end The Associated Press' baseless lawsuit against President Trump. AP's outrageous, self-absorbed actions are an embarrassment to journalism. The Trump administration is the most accessible and transparent in history.' NYTIMES
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