Judge Rules Trump Admin Can’t Block AP for Refusing to Say “Gulf of America”

A federal judge sided with the Associated Press after the White House barred them.

And why were they barred?

Because they refused to use the term “Gulf of America.”

The amount of stubbornness coming from the Left and their media is off the charts. They’re like unrepentant children.

Judge Trevor McFadden called it “viewpoint discrimination” and said it violated the First Amendment.

While the AP doesn’t have a seat in the Oval Office, the court ruled the government can’t deny access over that.

And I have a feeling that this federal judge McFadden is going to find out that he can’t just over rule President Trump.

Like China and their new 104% tariff from Trump, he’s going to learn the hard way.

BREAKING: Trump-appointed Judge Trevor McFadden sides with the Associated Press in a battle over White House access, ruling that the White House must allow the Associated Press to participate in presidential pool coverage. pic.twitter.com/xwn9m79Ikc

— Resist the Mainstream (@ResisttheMS) April 8, 2025

The Post Millennial reports:

A federal judge has sided with the Associated Press after the Trump White House blocked the outlet from media events for refusing to use the term “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico.”

In a new ruling, Judge Trevor McFadden granted an injunction, calling the administration’s move blatant “viewpoint discrimination” and saying it violated the First Amendment, per CNN.

The White House had restricted AP’s access to the Oval Office and East Room after the outlet declined to adopt President Trump’s remaming for the body of water. The court said the AP doesn’t have a constitutional right to be in those spaces—but it does have a right not to be excluded because of its editorial stance. “The Constitution forbids viewpoint discrimination, even in a nonpublic forum like the Oval Office,” McFadden wrote.

“This injunction does not limit the various permissible reasons the Government may have for excluding journalists from limited-access events,” the court wrote. “It does not mandate that all eligible journalists, or indeed any journalists at all, be given access to the President or nonpublic government spaces.”

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However, the ruling emphasized that if access is offered to some, it cannot be denied to others just because of their viewpoint. “If the Government opens its doors to some journalists—be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere—it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints. The Constitution requires no less.”

BREAKING: Judge McFadden has *granted * the AP’s injunction against the White House’s ban on access to the Oval Office and East Room. pic.twitter.com/sH3leAsLvK

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 8, 2025

Do you think President Trump will comply?

Federal Judge McFadden just told President Trump to give AP their press pass back.

Should he comply? pic.twitter.com/6zKr18gG2s

— TaraBull (@TaraBull808) April 8, 2025