When Donald Trump banned reporters from the White House, the networks rightly refused to backfill the pool, leaving the court to enforce the constitutional rules the executive discarded.
When Donald Trump revoked press credentials for Politico, CNN, and MS NOW without notice, he repeated the due process violations that doomed previous White House media bans.
By barring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, President Donald Trump replaced procedural gatekeeping with viewpoint discrimination, creating a constitutional violation that courts must swiftly correct.