The First Amendment doesn't come with an approval rating

The article argues that restricting press access based on a president's disapproval of coverage constitutes unconstitutional retaliation rather than a valid rule.
A rule that only bites reporters whose coverage the president dislikes isn't a rule. It is retaliation, and the courts have said so for half a century.
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