Posted on 11/13/2018 7:21:48 AM PST by sickoflibs
Acosta attacked a intern, He is out.
This is Bullsh^t!
The White House briefings are a privilege, not a right under the Constitution.
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Good luck with that... If I were an employee who’s job was in jeopardy because of possible cuts and what not, I’d be pissed to know they are wasting money on something that they have no chance in hell of winning.
Ignorant, rude and pathetic behavior isn’t tolerated at your local restaurant or bar, why should it be tolerated by Trump?
This is actually kinda comical. Someone told me that CNN can’t lose because this is just like a restaurant refusing service to someone. I pointed out that if the person is causing a ruckus and rudely treating the owner the owner has every right to kick them out.
Duh. Nobody is forced to allow someone else to cause a scene in an area under their control. And this was in an area under the president’s control.
Please correct me if I am wrong but wasn’t FOXNEWS not let in for YEARS under OBAMA?
Didn’t he smile publically then secretly order Brenner and others to illegally spy on journalists and lawmakers?
Am I misremembering this or does everyone have amnesia?
Too bad the courts don’t have jurisdiction. Separation of powers. The Whitehouse can issue or jerk press passes at its leisure.
It’s a privilege not a right; just like security clearances. Both can be revoked and lost.
What happened to “You have to believe the woman”. We even have this assault on film. Legally an unwanted touch is assault and battery. Why hasn’t Acosta been arrested?
“Shouting fire in a crowded theater” is not free speech!
Acosta should have been booted the day he was heckling POTUS Trump while Trump was interacting with young children at Easter. That should have been a permanent ban right then, or many other times, too.
Acosta is a total POS. I can’t imagine any legal basis on which a court should inject itself into this kind of matter, but ofc many of our judges are leftist turds.
The WH should fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. No way should journalists or judges decide who gets a Secret Service “hard pass” access to the White House.
The part about press passes is in there, you just have to look really, really hard.
“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.”
The White House is not denying CNN’s right to free speech, nor are they even denying CNN access to the daily briefings....just not Acosta.
Legally an unwanted touch is assault and battery....
Apparently you missed the fine print.
Footnote 1a.
* This law does not apply to news media, tv/movie stars, or registered/or dead Democrats.
Judge Nappy on Fox Business just said CNN had good case. The Judge is wrong.
Looking forward to the President taking away another press pass as warranted.
When is the Trump Administration going to move that gaggle of propagandists out of the Whitehouse and into another federal building?
I agree. If not mistaken, CNN is the credentialed agency, not Jim Acosta. His access flows from the credentials issued to CNN. So, he has no “right” to be there. CNN has, at their option the “right” to name another reporter to cover the beat. Therefore, there is no “harm” to CNN. Their ability to cover the White House is not exclusive to Jim Acosta’s ability to access the facility.
Frivolous lawsuit...make CNN pay all legal fees.
“Acosta attacked a intern, He is out.”
Yes. They are doubling down on stupid.
He should have apologized to her right away afterward, publicly and privately,
Pride goeth before a fall.
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