Explained: The White House submits journalists to a loyalty test
Explained: The White House submits journalists to a loyalty test Nora, Free Press freepress.net From: info@freepress.net To: Mark M Giese Fri, Sep 25 2026 at 3:47 PM Mark, Last Friday, without warning, Trump unilaterally banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House . Press access revoked. I was part of the team that litigated this very issue in 2018 when I worked on PEN America v. Trump , 1 which upheld journalists’ right to challenge presidential threats and acts of retaliation against the media. But the president has never stopped attacking journalists. Thankfully, a Trump-appointed judge just ordered the White House to restore press access for the three banned outlets. There’s a real pattern to all of this now: Trump ejects reporters. Reporters sue Trump. The courts slap down Trump’s unconstitutional First Amendment violations. In fact, he’s been on the losing side in nearly all of the First Amendment cases brought before courts during his second term. 2 In ...
