Via the #NewYorkTimes Mar 20, 2026

Striking Down #Pentagon #Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent #Journalism

A federal judge on Friday forcefully defended the constitutional freedom to report independently and without government control, striking down the #Trump administration’s unprecedented restrictions on #reporters that have emptied the Pentagon’s halls of traditional #journalists at a time of expanding #war

#FirstAmendment #PeteHegseth #Constitution

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/federal-judge-constitution-press-freedom.html

Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism

The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional.

The New York Times