An article summarized by Time:
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, temporarily blocking the administration’s ban for 14 days. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said the outlets were likely to succeed in showing that their press credentials were revoked without constitutionally adequate due process.
The three news organizations sued after Trump announced the ban, criticizing their coverage as “fake news” and later arguing that the outlets posed a national-security threat. Kelly rejected the administration’s national-security justification at this stage, noting that Trump’s own initial explanation focused on the outlets’ reporting rather than national security. The Justice Department has argued that White House access is a privilege and that the president has authority to restrict it.
The ruling is temporary and does not resolve the underlying constitutional dispute. During the 14-day period, the court is expected to consider a longer-term preliminary injunction while the lawsuit proceeds. The dispute has also affected the White House television press pool: CNN had been scheduled for pool coverage, and ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC suspended pool coverage after CNN was excluded.
