Posted on 11/19/2018 2:19:11 PM PST by Texas Fossil
White House officials sent Acosta a letter stating they made a "preliminary decision" to suspend his pass after 14 days.
The White House will suspend CNN reporter Jim Acosta again, according to a report by CNN’s Brian Stelter.
If you thought the Trump administration would seek to settle CNN and Jim Acosta’s lawsuit out of court… think again.
After CNN won a temporary restraining order on Friday, forcing the White House to restore his press pass for 14 days, White House officials sent Acosta a letter stating that his pass is set to be suspended again once the restraining order expires.
From the looks of the letter, the W.H. is trying to establish a paper trail that will empower the administration to boot Acosta again at the end of the month.
Here's the letter Sanders and Shine sent to @Acosta on Friday night. It claims that his presser behavior violated "basic standards," laying the groundwork to strip his press pass again pic.twitter.com/k3cxRBiw5b
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 19, 2018
(Excerpt) Read more at saraacarter.com ...
Sheesh! That letter to Acosta lays out instructions on how to contest the suspension. That sounds like.....DUE PROCESS to me!!
What in hades was this judge smoking?
Thank you.
Regardless of what the judge was smoking, snorting, or injecting, he should be removed from the bench.
“They should have added no running in the halls and no chewing gum.”
That was my first thought, too. It’s a shame we have to spell out such common sense rules of decorum and good conduct like this. But Democrats simply cannot be trusted to act as responsible adults. Ever.
As I understand it CNN’s suit alleged infringement of first and fifth amendment rights. The judge ruled that Acosta’s fifth amendment right to due process was violated and issued a two week restraining order without ruling on the first amendment claim. The White House established rules in writing to satisfy the due process claim but wants a ruling on first amendment grounds which they think they can win as Acosta’s right to free speech was not abridged. We’ll see, but to most of us it’s a no brainer.
That is exactly what I have been telling people whenever I have commented on this topic. It is ridiculous to believe that the Judiciary has any authority over the conduct of the Executive in the White House.
So far as I'm concerned, the President has the right to kick off anyone he wants from the White House grounds.
The courts have no jurisdiction over matters of the executive branch.
Adios My Friend
This.
Bye Bye Acosta. smile.
I really don't know what's holding him back. The law, the Constitution, and the people, are on his side.
Problem I have with the judge's ruling is that reporters operate under privilege, not rights, when issued a hard pass to the WH (And SHOULD be uninvited at will without explanation). Another private outlet issues a press pass (Congressional) which remained.
These press conferences are a waste of time anyway. Reporters are contrarians to those they don't like and become obedient journalistic whores to those who they do like. The end game is that an objective analysis is not made, hence this façade has no journalistic integrity at all.
That’s my Trumpy!
I knew that was coming....
“It’s not a problem....”
LOL
No it isn’t. Should’ve fought it to SCOTUS!
Acosta staring in “Dunce in the W.H. Press Corp.” Coming to a network near you.
Hello Dawg Brother Windy...
The next time Acosta puts his hands on an intern to keep her from taking the mike, I’d like to see a copy bodyguards bitch-slap him to the ground and haul him out in handcuffs.
Just sayin’.... allsortakindahypothetical-like....
The judge was following a DC Appeals Court decision rendered in 1977 in Sherrill v Knight. As a judge of that District Court, he had no choice.
How is this a win for us?
Judge Kelly showed the way to handle 5th Amendment issues inferred to exist in Sherrill v Knight. Acosta has been informed that he's on the clock to have his pass removed for cause with the opportunity for White House administrative review. I don't remember my post talking about a win. I was pointing out that judge Kelly might be getting undeserved criticism. This decision was above his judicial pay grade.
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