Trump's NPR Defunding Violated Free Speech: Federal Judge Rules
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that President Trump's executive order to defund NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment's protection of free speech.
Trump's attempt to defund National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has been ruled a violation of the First Amendment by a U.S. District Court judge. The judge found that the executive order issued by the former president to strip federal funding from the non-profit media organizations was an unconstitutional infringement on their free speech rights.
The lawsuit was brought by the advocacy group Free Press, which argued that Trump's order was a politically-motivated effort to silence critical coverage and commentary. The judge agreed, stating that the order
Source: NPR
