A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Tuesday that PEN America, a non-profit, may proceed in its media free speech case against US President Donald Trump. The group alleged five ways in which the President violated the First Amendment:
(1) by revoking or threatening to revoke White House press credentials of the White House press corps, (2) by revoking or threatening to revoke government officials’ security clearance, (3) by threatening to revoke television stations’ broadcast licenses, (4) by issuing an order telling the US Postal Service to consider raising postal rates in order to impact Jeff Bezos (the main shareholder of Amazon and the Washington Post), and (5) by directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to challenge the Time Warner-AT&T merger. Donald Trump moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of standing, failure to state a claim, and the court’s lack of authority to enjoin his actions.
