Government,
Constitutional Law
Sep. 11, 2019
Freedom of the press and the White House press corps
After a recent ruling, presumably, it’s back to the drawing board at the White House to devise clearer standards that meet procedural due process concerns. Assuming the White House is successful, the next legal shoe to drop by journalists when banned or denied access is apt to arise under the First Amendment. Stay tuned, it is apt to be only a matter of time.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
The U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from "abridging freedom of speech, or of the press." A free press is the bulwark to our democracy, and one protected by the First Amendment. Thomas Jefferson famously remarked: "Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that it cannot be limited without being lost."
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