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did the supreme court rule on the pentagon banning journalist?
No—the Supreme Court has not ruled on it. The ruling so far came from U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2026.
Friedman blocked key parts of the Pentagon’s press-access policy and ordered the reinstatement of credentials for seven New York Times journalists. He found the policy violated the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment because it was vague and gave officials too much discretion to punish or exclude disfavored reporters.
The Pentagon said it would immediately appeal, so the matter could eventually reach the Supreme Court—but it has not done so yet.
did Trump exclude journalist from Whitehouse and be denied by the courts?
Yes. In February 2025, the Trump White House excluded Associated Press reporters and photographers from some Oval Office events, Air Force One trips, and other limited-access press events because AP continued calling the body of water the “Gulf of Mexico” rather than Trump’s preferred “Gulf of America.” The AP sued, arguing that this was unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
The court history is mixed:
February 2025: A federal judge initially denied AP’s emergency request to restore access.
April 2025: The same judge later ruled that the White House could not exclude AP because of its editorial viewpoint and ordered access restored.
June 2025: A federal appeals court temporarily blocked that order, allowing the White House to continue restricting AP’s access while the lawsuit proceeded.
July 2025: The full appeals court declined to reconsider that temporary ruling.
So, yes, Trump’s administration excluded journalists, and a lower court ruled against the exclusion—but an appeals court later put that ruling on hold. The Supreme Court has not issued a final ruling in the case.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/20/nx-s1-5755120/pentagon-press-policy-new-york-times-lawsuit
https://abcnews.com/Politics/federal-judge-strikes-pentagons-press-access-policy/story?id=131271115
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-sides-with-new-york-times-in-challenge-to-pentagon-policy-limiting-reporters-access
https://www.freedomforum.org/trump-white-house-associated-press-first-amendment/
https://www.rcfp.org/briefs-comments/associated-press-v-budowich/
https://www.ap.org/media-center/ap-in-the-news/2025/the-associated-press-banned-from-white-house-press-pool-renews-request-to-court-for-reinstatement/
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5342369/ap-white-house-court-ruling-oval-office-gulf-of-mexico-america