Barring Reporters From Briefings: Does It Cross a Legal Line? – The New York Times

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Barring Reporters From Briefings: Does It Cross a Legal Line? (Published 2017)

First Amendment experts say the White House decision to bar several outlets from a briefing last week may have been unconstitutional.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/us/politics/white-house-barring-reporters-from-briefings.html

“That was unconstitutional,” he said. “If you exclude reporters from briefings that they otherwise have a right to attend because you don’t like their reporting, then you have engaged in viewpoint discrimination.” Viewpoint discrimination by the government in a public forum is almost always unconstitutional.