Associated Press v. Budowich, et al. (District of D.C., No. 1:25-cv-00532) (Defendant’s Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order)

Excerpt:  “Notwithstanding its decision not to acknowledge that the body of water abutting the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and other portions of North and South America is now the ‘Gulf of America’ per President Trump’s recent Executive Order, the Associated Press continues to enjoy general media access to the White House press facilities. This case is not about prohibiting the Associated Press from entering White House grounds. Nor is it about prohibiting the Associated Press from attending briefings in the James S. Brady Briefing Room or using other press facilities at the White House. Instead, this case is about the Associated Press losing special media access to the President—a quintessentially discretionary presidential choice that infringes no constitutional right.”