POTUS is not obligated to promote they’re leftist ratings any more than being required to promote acme weed eaters
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Well, until some asshole judge demands it, of course.
Any judge making press access a requirement pretty much invalidates the judiciary’s current stance against cameras in court and confronting judges with questions. As an equally accountable branch of government, it is inconceivable that the judiciary alone can set restrictions against media access while the other two must freeball it.
If I were a reporter in DC, I would go to this very judge’s trials and periodically stand and ask questions of the judge directly. I’d repeat it and demand answers. When he threatened to have me removed or thrown in jail for contempt, I would reject it loudly by describing how he personally just required the POTUS to extend due process. Imprisoning me today is hardly due process. I would definitely want to make the judge play by the identical rules he established for another independent branch of government.