“How is that legal, as you stated in Post 98?”
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
No, this amendment applies to press writings. Not a Constitutional lawyer here, but this instance seems to be clearly coercion, outside the field of journalism. They can probably print his information if they want. But they don’t have license to blackmail and threaten to use that power.