Legislative Protection for Public Forums (opens in new tab)

One part of President Trump’s ongoing assault on the freedoms of speech and the press has involved the distortion of what First Amendment doctrine calls “public forums”—spaces the government has deliberately opened to the public or press for expression. During his first term, Trump restricted disfavored journalists from accessing White House grounds, barred disfavored news outlets from press “gaggles,” and revised credentialing rules to make reporters who needed access to the White House more...