US judge raises the restrictions of the White House of the Associated Press

An American judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the access to the Associated Press to the presidential events after the White House blocked the news agency in a dispute over the Bay of America.

District Judge Trevor McFadon said on Tuesday that the administration of the AP journalists’ administration was “contrary to the first amendment”, which guarantees freedom of expression.

The dispute arose when the AP refused to accept the renaming of the Mexican Gulf administration to the Gulf of America in its coverage, following an executing order of President Donald Trump.

The prohibition means that AP is not able to access the White House events as well as the Air Force One.

Judge McFadan, who was appointed by Trump during his first term, also stopped the application of the decision until Sunday to allow the administration’s lawyers to appeal.

“The court simply claims that according to the first amendment, if the government opens its doors to some journalists – be it in the oval office, in the east room or elsewhere – it cannot close these doors to other journalists for their perspectives,” he wrote in his decision. “The Constitution requires no less.”

The AP claims that the administration violates the constitutional right of the Information Agency for Freedom of expression by limiting access to disagreements regarding its language.

In February, Judge McFadon refused to immediately restore his access to presidential events.

Following the decision on Tuesday, AP spokesman Lauren Eston said the agency was “satisfied with the court’s decision”.

“Today’s decision confirms the fundamental right of the press and the public to speak freely without revenge on the government. It is a freedom guaranteed for all Americans in the US Constitution,” she said in a statement.

The decision was also welcomed by other organizations that criticized the initial restrictions of the AP.

“This is a careful, well -justified opinion that correctly describes the exclusion of the Associated Press from the press as avenged, based on a point of view and non -constriction,” said Jamel Jafer, CEO at the Chief Institute for the First Amendment at Columbia University.

The AP filed a lawsuit against three senior officials of the Trump administration – the press secretary Carolyn Levitt, the head of the headquarters Susie Wills and the deputy headquarters Taylor Budovic – claiming that the restrictions were illegal and violated by print freedom.

The Trump administration claims that the Associated Press is not entitled to “special access” to the president.

Shortly after he took office in January, the Trump administration issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Persian Gulf, a relocation that the White House is said reflects the Gulf status as an “indelible part of America.”

The AP said it would continue to use the term Mexican Gulf, while acknowledging the Trump administration’s efforts to rename it.

In response, the White House restricted AP access to events covered by the “pool” by journalists who report back to other media.