On the afternoon of Friday, September 18, President Trump announced on Truth Social that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were banned from the White House. Sure enough, when reporters from these organizations attempted to enter the White House on Saturday morning, they were turned away and their badges deactivated.
Read MoreEnshrined in the Bill of Rights in 1791, the First Amendment guarantees fundamental freedoms—speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition—ensuring Americans can express opinions and challenge authority without fear of government retaliation. From Trump’s defamation suit against The New York Times to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, the president’s targeting of media figures signals a troubling attempt to erode press freedom and the First Amendment.
Read MoreJimmy Kimmel Live! became the latest target of Trump’s media suppression campaign after Kimmel’s September 15th monologue, where he associated Trump’s ‘MAGA’ movement with political violence. Many Americans wonder: how far will Trump go to suppress left-leaning media and is a president’s influence on the media constitutional?
Read More“Free speech has and continues to play an essential role in higher education, yet recent political polarization has put a strain on the effort to maintain the essential divide between academic speech and public discourse.“
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