Capitol Steps Ruling Tightens Free-Speech Guardrails, Complicating Trump Media Ban
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A D.C. Circuit panel held that the Capitol's East Steps are a nonpublic forum and may be restricted only in a viewpoint-neutral, non-arbitrary way, a ruling that could hinder Trump's effort to bar POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW from White House access and affect ongoing disputes over media access to the administration.
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