Amicus statement supporting preliminary injunction ruling in CNN v. Trump

The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute, its nonprofit educational arm, joined with other news organizations and press freedom groups in this statement applauding today’s court ruling ordering the White House to immediately restore the press pass of CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta.

The statement follows:

We applaud Judge Kelly’s careful application of the law to reject the White House’s claim of unbridled authority over journalists’ access to the White House. Our democracy depends on reporters having access to, and being able to question, government officials.

Issued on behalf of: ABC News; American Society of News Editors; Associated Press
Media Editors; Association of Alternative Newsmedia; Axios; Bloomberg L.P.; Boston
Globe Media Partners; Business Insider; California News Publishers Assn.; CBS
Broadcasting Inc.; CQ Roll Call; E.W. Scripps Co.; First Look Media Works, Inc.;
Gannett l USA TODAY NETWORK; Guardian US; HuffPost; Investigative Reporting
Program at UC Berkeley; Los Angeles Times Communications LLC; National
Association of Black Journalists; National Association of Hispanic Journalists;
National Press Club; National Press Club Journalism Institute; National Press
Photographers Association; NBC News; New England Newspaper and Press
Association; News Media Alliance; NPR; Online News Association; PBS NewsHour;
Press Freedom Defense Fund; ProPublica; Religion News Service; Reporters Without
Borders; Reuters; Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting; Student Press
Law Center; The Associated Press; The Daily Beast; The Maryland, Delaware, District
of Columbia Press Association; The New Yorker; The NewsGuild-CWA; The Sentinel
Newspapers; The Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post; Tribune Publishing
Company; Tully Center for Free Speech; Yahoo News