Judge blocks Trump order cutting NPR, PBS funds, ruling it unconstitutional and a violation of First Amendment protections.
by JULIA VARNIER | The National News DeskFILE - The headquarters for National Public Radio stands on North Capitol Street on April 15, 2013, in Washington. A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked a Trump administration directive aimed at cutting off federal funding to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service , ruling the action unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, presiding in Washington, D.C., found that the executive order violated First Amendment protections by targeting organizations based on their perceived viewpoints. In his decision, Moss said the Constitution does not permit the government to retaliate against speech it disfavors. “It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch,” wrote Moss, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama. The order instructed federal agencies to terminate all funding streams to NPR, headquartered in Washington, and PBS, based in Arlington, Virginia. Moss emphasized that the government failed to provide any legal precedent supporting such sweeping exclusion from federally funded programs based on prior speech. President Trump had previously expressed interest in defunding the outlets, arguing they demonstrated political bias. During a press appearance last year, he said he would “love to” eliminate their federal support. NPR challenged the funding cuts, arguing they were a direct attempt to penalize its journalism. The outlet also accused the Corporation for Public Broadcasting of infringing on its free speech rights by restricting access to congressionally approved grants.More than a decade after Washington legalized recreational cannabis, a new survey suggests many clinicians are increasingly worried about the mental-health riskA Bellevue, Washington, tax preparer who built a client base among tech workers was convicted of assisting in the creation of false tax returns, federal prosecuA weakness in the system used to detect improper payments in subsidized child care contributed to an estimated $37M in questionable payments.A person is dead after being pulled from the water at Green Lake, according to the Seattle Fire Department.Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed the Driver Privacy Act, Senate Bill 6002, into law, creating new statewide rules for automated license plate readers, cameras commo
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