Judge Kelly Rules Against Trump, Trump Targets Haitians in Ohio, and Corruption Concerns Grow

Let's begin with an American hero, Judge Tim Kelly, who was put on the court by Donald Trump, but who late last night, while many of us were slumbering, unleashed a very important opinion suggesting that Donald Trump is violating the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press.

He did it in context of CNN, MS Now, and Politico.

The White House has essentially banned them.

That's right, banned them.

But we know that that is illegal.

The White House will probably appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court.

But the quicker the Supreme Court resolves this question, the better.

Donald Trump's attempt to obstruct freedom of the press, but more important to obstruct coverage of the White House, is to me wrong.

And again, the White House last night made a claim that is outrageous and egregious, and that is that they were doing it on the grounds of national security.

In other words, if you criticize the president, you are undermining national security.

We heard that argument used by Richard Nixon, as I have talked about in the past, when it came to the smoking gun tape of June twenty-third, nineteen seventy-two.

Nixon and Bob Haldeman in conversation decided to try to cover up the Watergate break-in by claiming it was a national security matter.

It was not a national security matter then, and it is not a national security matter now.

The president regrets putting people on the court, including evidently Judge Tim Kelly.

But I have to tell you that Judge Kelly has stood foursquare for the most important single element of the constitutional protection of freedom of the press.

Now, how will the White House respond? Well, so far, without any doubt or hesitation, the White House is still banning CNN, MS Now, and Politico.

They're still doing everything that can be done to obstruct their ability to cover the news.

Do we understand this is not just an attack on a free press? It is an attack on the American people and our ability to understand what is going on in the world.

I hope that Judge Kelly's position is upheld.

I hope the Trump administration appeals to the Supreme Court, and I hope that the Supreme Court deals this a blow that will end the attempt by the Trump administration to do away with freedom of the press, coverage of the White House, and this whole bogus notion of national security.

Let's begin with an American hero, Judge Tim Kelly, who was put on the court by Donald Trump, but who late last night, while many of us were slumbering, unleashed a very important opinion suggesting that Donald Trump is violating the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press.

He did it in context of CNN, MS Now, and Politico.

The White House has essentially banned them.

That's right, banned them.

But we know that that is illegal.

The White House will probably appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court.

But the quicker the Supreme Court resolves this question, the better.

Donald Trump's attempt to obstruct freedom of the press, but more important to obstruct coverage of the White House, is to me wrong.

And again, the White House last night made a claim that is outrageous and egregious, and that is that they were doing it on the grounds of national security.

In other words, if you criticize the president, you are undermining national security.

We heard that argument used by Richard Nixon, as I have talked about in the past, when it came to the smoking gun tape of June twenty-third, nineteen seventy-two.

Nixon and Bob Haldeman in conversation decided to try to cover up the Watergate break-in by claiming it was a national security matter.

It was not a national security matter then, and it is not a national security matter now.

The president regrets putting people on the court, including evidently Judge Tim Kelly.

But I have to tell you that Judge Kelly has stood foursquare for the most important single element of the constitutional protection of freedom of the press.

Now, how will the White House respond? Well, so far, without any doubt or hesitation, the White House is still banning CNN, MS Now, and Politico.

They're still doing everything that can be done to obstruct their ability to cover the news.

Do we understand this is not just an attack on a free press? It is an attack on the American people and our ability to understand what is going on in the world.

I hope that Judge Kelly's position is upheld.

I hope the Trump administration appeals to the Supreme Court, and I hope that the Supreme Court deals this a blow that will end the attempt by the Trump administration to do away with freedom of the press, coverage of the White House, and this whole bogus notion of national security.