An appellate court in a 2-1 ruling Friday allowed President Donald Trump to ban the Associated Press from the Oval Office and other restricted presidential spaces, overruling a lower court.
Trump had banned the news organization from the Oval Office in February after it refused to update its stylebook to use the new Gulf of America name on first reference.
The appellate court ruled that the White House will likely succeed in its case because restricted presidential spaces are not First Amendment fora, and the administration should have the discretion to determine who occupies the space.
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“The White House is likely to succeed on the merits because these restricted presidential spaces are not First Amendment fora opened for private speech and discussion,” the ruling reads. “The
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