https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/u...briefings.html
Quote:
[I]lya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, said Mr. Trump may have violated important norms even if he crossed no legal line.
“A president has every right to criticize the media, and almost all presidents do on occasion,” he said. “It is also legitimate to point out that there is liberal bias in many outlets. But Trump’s comments go well beyond that and often verge on trying to delegitimize the media as an institution. That’s a bad thing.”
Mr. Spicer’s actions on Friday may turn out to be a blip. Or they may be the first step toward the sort of constitutionally forbidden discrimination that worries many First Amendment experts.
Mr. Nicholas, the journalist who sued the police department, said he saw a connection between his case and what happened at the White House.
“When President Trump excluded certain media outlets from an otherwise open press event,” he said, “then the White House engaged in precisely the kind of viewpoint-based discrimination that is unconstitutional under the court’s decision in my case.”
“When government authorities get to pick and choose who among the press gets to cover an event,” Mr. Nicholas said, “everyone loses, the public first and foremost.”
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The big media has better lawyers that the government has -- see you in court (again and again)
There are so many First Amendment issues here a successful lawsuit is more that likely