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The issue is bigger than Acosta, bigger than press conferences. It involves the very structure of our government, and the checks and balances imposed by 3 CO-EQUAL branches of government.
The courts, however, on their own, and wholly without Constitutional mandate or authority, have taken it upon themselves to be a super-branch, over and above both the legislative, executive branches, as well as the work product (laws) passed by their combined efforts.
It MUST stop.
The administration MUST issue a Temporary Restraining Order quashing the Court's TRO. Simply, put, no court has subject-matter jurisdiction over this issue, nor the authority to trump the actions of another branch.
Quash the courts TRO and keep the troll out of the White House - forever.
Trump doesn't have a problem with Acosta's asking questions. He has a problem Acosta taking over the press conference, being rude and not letting other reporters ask their questions when it's their turn and doesn't surrender the mic when told to. Acosta thinks he is the only reporter there and thinks he is the center of attention.
The funny thing about this whole episode is that no one at the White House needs to respond to any question posed by Acosta. They need not even acknowledge that he is in the room.
you should learn how to read and comprehend. The judge didn't give Acosta 14 days temporarily regain access to his White House press credential on the First Amendment grounds. He did it mostly on the 5th amendment of due process. Meaning, Trump didn't give him warnings before taking his pass away.
Judge Kelly’s decision is temporary and further hearings are expected to take place in the next few weeks to determine whether or not yanking the credential violated CNN's and Acosta’s First and Fifth Amendment rights. The temporary order lasts for 14 days and CNN can now petition the Court for a permanent injunction.
Ok, I stand corrected on that point.
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Originally Posted by Hellion1999
Trump doesn't have a problem with Acosta's asking questions. He has a problem Acosta taking over the press conference, being rude and not letting other reporters ask their questions when it's their turn and doesn't surrender the mic when told to. Acosta thinks he is the only reporter there and thinks he is the center of attention.
This is utter bull****. Since when has the biggest ******* in the room ever cared about civil discourse and people not being rude?
Whenever Trump gets any kind of a question he doesn't like, or whenever anyone in the media holds him to account on things he said or did in any way that he doesn't like, it's all "enemy of the people," "Fake news," "we need to change the libel laws," etc.
Fake News = News that doesn't flatter Donald. That's all.
Trump has shown zero appreciation for the important right of journalists to question authority. And I suspect if he gets away with the Acosta thing, he'll go right down the line and start finding all sorts of flimsy excuses to eject many other journalists he doesn't like from White House coverage. This is a way for him to test how much he can get away with.
Yeah, I'll bet you would shut down the daily briefs. Not much of an American are you? Not if you don't believe in freedom of the press.
It must have dumbfounded Trump that there would be any push-back.
The press room did not exist before ... President Nixon. Imagine that! Nixon granting an audience to the press that he said in 1960, "You don't have Nixon to kickaround any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."
The funny thing about this whole episode is that no one at the White House needs to respond to any question posed by Acosta. They need not even acknowledge that he is in the room.
I agree. If it was up to me, I would just ignore him and make him feel worthless. But I think Trump did that for the other "journalists" that want to copycat Acosta. The good thing about this is that there will be rules set and if some journalist breaks them there will be consequences and that is due process.
I would be pissed off as a journalist that I have to wait my turn to question the President and some a-hole SKIPS the line and hijacks the press conference and make it about himself. He gets one question and he has to pass the mic to the next journalist. This isn't the Acosta debate Session with the President.
Trump has shown zero appreciation for the important right of journalists to question authority. And I suspect if he gets away with the Acosta thing, he'll go right down the line and start finding all sorts of flimsy excuses to eject many other journalists he doesn't like from White House coverage. This is a way for him to test how much he can get away with.
I disagree. Acosta has a long history of being bias and hostile to the President and being rude to other journalists. There is plenty of material on that.
When Acosta refused to surrender his mic to the next journalist and wanted to make it about himself and debate the President on immigration and the definition of invasion, then that's when he crossed the line from being a reporter to an activist and Trump reacted the way he did.
Acosta has to decide, is he a journalist or an Activist? Activists will break rules, laws and make it about them and will reject anybody taking the mic away. They don't have questions from a neutral stand....they usually make a political point (theirs) and their questions are meant to debate back and forth.....that is not the job of a journalist.
Last edited by Hellion1999; 11-16-2018 at 07:01 PM..
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