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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yay for free speech, oh wait…[/quote]

This decision does not impact anyone’s free speech. [/quote]

It actually does. SCOTUS said decades ago that free speech includes the right to hear. Plus press freedom has its own specific protection in the First Amendment. I'll probably look up this opinion, but seems to me they had to tie themselves into knots to reach it. [/quote]

[i]“These restricted presidential spaces are not First Amendment fora opened for private speech and discussion,” DC Circuit Judge Neomi Rao wrote. “No one suggests the Oval Office is a traditional public forum such as a park or sidewalk held in trust for expressive activity.”

Friday’s ruling didn’t extend to the White House’s larger East Room space, where presidential press conferences sometimes take place. The AP was also excluded from those last winter, though the White House loosened up in the spring.[/i]

The AP cannot force itself into the president's private spaces, which requires an invitation that has been rescinded.  [/quote]

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