Is Trump’s barring of select media outlets from White House press conferences a violation of the First Amendment?
<p>From the <a href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us/politics/white-house-sean-spicer-briefing.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">New York Times</a>:</p>
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<p>[...] Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, barred journalists from The New York Times and several other news organizations from attending his daily briefing, a highly unusual breach of relations between the White House and its press corps.</p>
<p>[...] Reporters from The Times, BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, Politico, the BBC and The Huffington Post were among those shut out of the briefing.</p>
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<p>Have First Amendment rights been violated?</p>
<p>Nothing from <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/first_amendment" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cornell Law's page</a> seems to indicate that not admitting certain parties to a press conference is in violation of the First Amendment:</p>

<h2>No.</h2>
<p>The First Amendment is so concise I'll reproduce it here for everyone's perusal:</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Is there any law that requires the U.S. President to include representatives from certain media outlets in any forum in which he or his delegate speaks to other representatives of &quot;the press?&quot;  No.</p>

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