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Judge Gives Blowhard Jim Acosta His Bullhorn Back
Canada Free Press ^ | 11/16/18 | Judi McLeod

Posted on 11/16/2018 9:30:23 AM PST by Sean_Anthony

Meanwhile, it’s a dog-eat-dog world of which braying donkeys approve

Proving the old adage that “The Law’s an ass”, a federal judge on Friday granted CNN’s request for a court order that would temporarily reinstate ‘correspondent’ Jim Acosta’s White House press pass.

In this case, the law’s not only an # but donkeys are riding all over it because it, in effect, gives a bullhorn back to a badgering blowhard.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; clickbait; cnn; jimacosta; judge; lawsuit; pimpmyblog; ruling; trump; trumpmedia
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To: EinNYC

Exactly, no more press conferences. If a federal judge can tell the White House who they can and can’t let in the door what is the point of the secret service and having security.

No press conferences, just stop. Don’t announce, just stop and if the President or Sarah have something to say, they call these prima-donnas into the press room, read the statement and walk out without taking a single question.

Frankly I would tell this judge to piss up a rope and deny Acrybag entrance.


81 posted on 11/16/2018 12:00:12 PM PST by sarge83
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To: Sean_Anthony

Did Obama ever kick reporters out?


82 posted on 11/16/2018 12:04:44 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Sean_Anthony

As soon as Acosta opens his mouth. End the press conference.


83 posted on 11/16/2018 12:15:43 PM PST by Pure Country (�I�ve noticed that every person that is for abortion has already been born.� -Ronald)
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To: Sean_Anthony

It’s the Executive Branch and the White House can very well ignore it, perform an additional background check, etc.

Further, there is no 5A infringement as this was not a LEO action performed by a LEO organization.


84 posted on 11/16/2018 12:21:38 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Next the courts will rule you have to listen to the communist news network! These are the Leole who need to be investigate for collaboration!


85 posted on 11/16/2018 12:32:07 PM PST by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: Retvet
Next the courts will rule you have to listen to the communist news network!

Only if they call it a "tax". It sure is taxing to watch.

86 posted on 11/16/2018 12:33:42 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: DoodleDawg

I said from the beginning that banning JA will only make him a martyr.

Better idea: simply ignore him. There are LOTS of reporters in the pool who don’t get the chance to ask presser questions.


87 posted on 11/16/2018 12:53:30 PM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: MeganC
If anyone behaved in court the way that Acosta behaved in the White House, the judge would instantly find him in contempt.

The right thing for the president to do under the Constitution would be to just announce that

  1. The president would not presume to enter either the Capitol building or the Supreme Court building uninvited - nor presume to require that his representative be admitted to either.

  2. Invitations to the White House are not property which anyone can buy or sell - nor have an inalienable right to. Members of “the press” are not officials of the government. They are not officials, period. The conceit that they are is a political position which the president is not obliged to accept.

  3. The head of the executive branch decides who speaks to him - and who does not - within his residence. And neither the judge who made this ruling, nor anyone else under the presumed authority of that judge, is welcome in the White House without a specific invitation from the president - which certainly will not be forthcoming while that judge’s presumptuous “order” stands.

It is more likely, though, in the context of a Democrat controlled House, that the president will cancel all press availabilities provided by his administration, thus mooting the ruling, until the ruling is overturned.

Unfortunately I do not assume that Mr. Trump will do either.


88 posted on 11/16/2018 2:49:36 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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To: pnz1
Too bad the intern couldn’t file an assault charge against him.
. . . and also that the intern wasn’t a former major college heavy weight-class wrestler or football lineman.

89 posted on 11/16/2018 3:07:21 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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To: Palio di Siena
Never never never give up the microphone.
Oh, give him a microphone, fine - just make sure you have another, and can switch the audio feed at your own discretion.

90 posted on 11/16/2018 3:45:34 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
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To: pnz1
Funny thing is, a lot of those rules sound like things most children learn in pre-school and kindergarten

By the time a lot of them graduate from high school, they have been told to ignore them if you disagree with someone.

91 posted on 11/16/2018 4:40:19 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Got Alum ?

Spray some in his throat like the Cartoons Do.


92 posted on 11/16/2018 6:04:57 PM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: cuban leaf
Maybe.

This assumes Acosta will be ignored (successfully). While I am all for the Trump administration giving CNN the trouncing they need and deserve, I have very little faith in it happening. And I do not rest on any frivolous secret squirrel "Q" "4D chess". I think saving this country requires us to work at it from the local level up. Probably a good chance that's the tougher game too. Just my humble OP.
93 posted on 11/16/2018 6:39:28 PM PST by softengine
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To: softengine

You and I are in agreement. I’m just saying it’s possible and time will tell.

People seem to honestly think that trump doesn’t think these things through and strategize with his advisers. It’s kinda comical.


94 posted on 11/17/2018 6:40:22 AM PST by cuban leaf
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