NPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tuesday morning in federal court against the Trump White House over the president’s executive order purportedly barring the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for NPR and PBS.
“It is not always obvious when the government has acted with a retaliatory purpose in violation of the First Amendment. ‘But this wolf comes as a wolf,’” states the legal brief for the public broadcasters. “The Order targets NPR and PBS expressly because, in the President’s view, their news and other content is not ‘fair, accurate, or unbiased.’”
The line about the “wolf” was drawn from a 1988 dissent by the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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I just donated $50 to NPR and $50 to my local public radio.
Now and forever, fuck the republican traitor filth.
Less than an hour ago I was telling my wife I’m not sure if I should keep donating to my local public radio station as I no longer listen regularly.
Looks like it’s time to double my contributions.
My wife and I made a generous donation pretty much the day Trump signed that order. Fight the good fight, gang!
