Trump Banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico From the White House Today. A Blatant First Amendment Violation, Explained by a 40-Year Trial Lawyer.

Late Friday nightToday the President of the United States banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House because he did not like their coverage. He put it in writing and promised more outlets are next. I have practiced law for four decades, and I am telling you without any hesitation whatsoever that this is retaliation for speech, the exact thing the First Amendment was written to stop. No court found a single story false. A man with a grudge decided who gets to stand in the room and watch him work. That is not a legal standard. That is a casting call. Presidents come and go. The First Amendment outlasts every one of them only if you refuse to let it be taken.Mitch Jackson, Esq.Saturday morning thoughts“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Thomas Jefferson wrote that to Edward Carrington on January 16, 1787, years before he ever held the presidency, which is exactly why it lands as principle instead of grievance. He understood the bargain before he had anything to lose by it. A leader who can pick which reporters watch him answers to nobody. This morning MS NOW journalists were turned away at the door. That is what Moscow does. That is what Pyongyang does. The government decides who holds the notebook, and the public gets handed a version instead of the truth. The White House is not his house. We pay for it. Those reporters stand in that room on our behalf, and he threw them out because they embarrassed him.Now look at the Republicans asking for your vote in these midterms and count how many of them have said a word. I am not going to tell you the count is zero, because I cannot verify a silence that complete. I will tell you this. Every single one of them should be asked, on camera, before a ballot is cast, whether a president may throw out reporters he dislikes. A yes tells you they will sell the First Amendment for a seat. A shrug tells you the same thing with worse manners.One more Saturday update. My avatar Jill and I dug into the law, the cases, and the facts until we had a real answer.Here’s the thing. I’m out of the office today, and that does not mean you wait. I asked Jill to walk you through exactly what we found.Hit play and let her take it from here. You are going to walk away knowing more about what’s going to happen next than most people in Washington.Uncensored Objection ™ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.uncensoredobjection.com/subscribe