Trump told CNN they shouldn't be covering him at the United Nations. CNN responded by suing him alongside MSNBC and Politico for violating their First Amendment rights. That's the whole story. A president said get out, reporters said no, lawyers got paid.
The ban happened at the White House. The lawsuit alleges First Amendment violations. Trump apparently believes he can just point at journalists and make them disappear like he's running a reality show about constitutional law. Spoiler: he can't.
CNN, MSNBC, and Politico filed the suit together. Three major news organizations had to lawyer up because the sitting president decided press credentials work like nightclub bouncers. "You should not be here covering me" is what you say to your ex at Applebee's, not to accredited White House correspondents.
The First Amendment is pretty clear about this stuff. Courts tend to side with the part that says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press. Presidents don't get to pick which reporters ask questions based on whether they like the coverage. That's the entire f*cking point of the First Amendment.
This lawsuit will cost taxpayers money. It will generate headlines for months. Legal briefs will cite precedents going back decades. Judges will issue rulings. Appeals will follow. All because one guy couldn't handle a CNN reporter asking questions he didn't like.
Retail traders are currently analyzing whether this affects their Tesla calls. It doesn't. Nothing affects their Tesla calls except theta decay and their own stupidity, but they'll spend hours connecting Trump's media ban to semiconductor stocks somehow.
The most expensive temper tantrum in American politics just became a federal lawsuit with discovery.
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