[arrogantsob]

They are considering the Press Pass as property.

[SoCal Pubbie]

It clearly isn’t. It can’t be transferred, sold or taxed as property would be. It’s a privilege given by the administration.

[gnickgnack2]

And the judge is considering Acosta’s rudeness and arrogance a “capital, or otherwise infamous crime”? Word definitions are really being turned on their head.

[rollo tomasi]

They are wrong because the press/hard pass just serves as barometer of signifying who is a professional journalists” after receiving one through the Standing Committee of Correspondents and a security clearance if you are privilege enough. The actual invitation into the White House is a privilege not a right because the White House has Constitutional discretion/protocols they give at their leisure.

[Farmer Dean]

In order to own something you first have to pay for it.If he did not pay then it could be considered a form of ID-to be surrendered to the issurer on demand.