{"id":1548686,"date":"2025-07-24T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1548686"},"modified":"2025-07-24T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:05:00","slug":"appeals-court-declines-to-lift-restrictions-on-associated-press-access-to-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/appeals-court-declines-to-lift-restrictions-on-associated-press-access-to-white-house\/1548686\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals Court Declines To Lift Restrictions On Associated Press Access To White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Appeals Court Declines To Lift Restrictions On Associated Press Access To White House<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

An appeals court on July 22 declined the latest attempt by The Associated Press to lift Trump administration restrictions that bar its journalists from accessing certain areas of the White House.<\/p>\n

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In a one-page order<\/a>, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia\u2019s 11 active judges rejected the news agency\u2019s request for an en banc review<\/strong>\u2014meaning all the judges would hear the case\u2014of an earlier June 6 decision by a divided three-judge panel.<\/p>\n

The move left in place the previous ruling, which found the administration could legally restrict the AP\u2019s access to news events in limited spaces, including the Oval Office and Air Force One, while the case plays out in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court\u2019s standard for en banc review is not met in today\u2019s case. Correct or not, the emergency panel\u2019s unpublished stay is a nonprecedential order that did not purport to resolve the appeal\u2019s merits. And an order\u2019s inability to create an enduring intracircuit conflict or to bind future panels to an exceptionally important legal principle strongly counsels against full-court intervention,\u201d\u00a0 Judge Justin Walker wrote in his concurring opinion denying the motion for en banc reconsideration.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTime will tell if today\u2019s decision marks a lasting return to this court\u2019s high standard for en banc review.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The ruling was in response to a lawsuit<\/a> filed by the AP in February after President Donald Trump barred the agency<\/a> from entering the Oval Office and Air Force One as part of a press pool until it adopts his administration\u2019s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in its style guide.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawsuit lists White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich, and chief of staff Susan Wiles as defendants.<\/p>\n

It alleges the White House\u2019s actions violate the First and Fifth amendments of the Constitution, and seeks to regain the news agency\u2019s full access to the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>the complaint states.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Constitution does not allow the government to control speech. Allowing such government control and retaliation to stand is a threat to every American\u2019s freedom.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The AP\u2019s style guide is widely used by many media organizations. The lawsuit noted that while the news agency referred to the body of water between Mexico and Florida \u201cby its original name\u201d in its style guidance<\/a>, it also acknowledged \u201cthe new name Trump has chosen,\u201d <\/strong>in his January executive order<\/a> directing federal agencies to refer to the gulf as the Gulf of America.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration had argued<\/a> in court documents that the decision to grant journalists \u201cspecial access\u201d to the White House is a \u201cquintessentially discretionary presidential choice that infringes no constitutional right.\u201d<\/p>\n

In April, District Judge Trevor N. McFadden ruled<\/a> that the government could not retaliate against the AP\u2019s decision not to follow the president\u2019s executive order and ordered it to lift the restrictions imposed on the news agency.<\/p>\n

The D.C. Circuit panel paused McFadden\u2019s order in its June ruling<\/a>, finding that the lower court injunction \u201cimpinges on the President\u2019s independence and control over his private workspaces\u201d and that the White House was likely to succeed in defending against the AP lawsuit.<\/p>\n

AP spokesman Patrick Maks said the news agency was disappointed by the court\u2019s latest decision but remains focused on \u201cthe strong district court opinion in support of free speech,\u201d as the case continues.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we\u2019ve said throughout, the press and the public have a fundamental right to speak freely without government retaliation,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Marks said in a statement to media outlets.<\/p>\n

The White House said the lawsuit filed by the AP was baseless and criticized what it described as the news agency\u2019s \u201cself-absorbed actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Epoch Times has contacted a spokesperson for The Associated Press for further comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 07\/23\/2025 – 20:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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