Earlier this month, the Justice Department rejected a CNN political analyst’s legal claim he deserved access to President Trump’s coronavirus briefings, warning the White House press room is ultimately federal property and not the legal domain of journalists.
The DOJ’s letter rejecting CNN and Playboy journalist Brian Karem’s demands to access the briefings appeared to serve notice to WHCA that its power to regulate who attends White House press briefings was based only on years of “tradition” and not a legal right.
While states generally recognize adverse possession claims, you cannot lay adverse possession to federal government property.