Posted on 09/23/2026 6:59:32 PM PDT by thegagline
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., questioned Wednesday whether the Trump administration provided due process when it barred three major media outlets from access to the White House.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said the administration's process did not appear to comply with two earlier D.C. Circuit rulings, Sherrill v. Knight and Karem v. Trump, requiring due process before reporters' hard passes can be revoked, the Washington Examiner reported.
"The government said those cases were wrongly decided," Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, said at the hearing. "Maybe they were wrongly decided, maybe they weren't. But as a district court judge, I have to apply them.
I think it is fair to say the process the circuit laid out in those two cases wasn't followed here."
Trump announced Friday that CNN, MS Now and Politico were barred from the White House "effective immediately," accusing the outlets of reporting "FICTION and LIES." Reporters for all three organizations were denied entry to the White House grounds Saturday after their credentials were deactivated.
CNN, MS Now and Politico sued the Trump administration Monday, arguing that their exclusion based on the content of their reporting violates the First Amendment. The lawsuit also alleges that the administration violated their Fifth Amendment due process rights by revoking their White House access without notice or an opportunity to respond.
The Department of Justice defended the decision Tuesday in a court filing, arguing that White House access is a privilege rather than a right. The DOJ said the president can exclude outlets that he determines failed to meet standards of professionalism and decorum, including by publishing sensitive or classified information.
The administration said it gave the outlets an opportunity to respond in letters sent Tuesday that identified the reporting incidents it considered problematic, according to the Examiner.
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These "newsgatherers" spots have been replaced by other newsgatherers. They were replaced non arbitrarily.
“the interest of a bona fide Washington correspondent in obtaining a White House press pass” is not only “protected by the first amendment” but also “undoubtedly qualifies as [a] liberty [interest] which may not be denied without due process of law under the fifth amendment.”
This is nonsense. For starters, the Constitution does not recognize such a thing as a "bona fide Washington correspondent". I could go on.
I hate to break it to you, but the Judge in the instant case was appointed by Trump.
Im already aware of that.
Im already aware of that.
Im already aware of that.
What due process? This is like me telling the salesperson standing at my doorway that they cannot come in my house.
They have a Right to walk along the sidewalk, but they don’t have right to cross my threshold.
No it isn’t. You are most likely not the government. However, if you are the government, there’s no government like no government.
What part of the 1st Amendment REQUIRES the President to speak to a reporter?
I think our current government has reached peak dysfunctional and we should roll it back to the government the Founders created.
“Due process” applies to criminal charges and to certain statutory rights and privileges.
Is there any statute that applies to the conduct of White House press conferences?
Who knows? Maybe there is.
Okay
Okay
Okay
Both procedural and substantive due process also apply to civil cases as well.
If not allowing media into the white house is a violation of due process... then what about all the other media, podcasters, local and state TV that ARENT allowed in.
The solution is to grant so many press passes that the media is crowded in so tightly they cannot even set up their cameras.
And when current media complain say you can’t deny the right to cover
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