Timothy Birdnow

A federal judge has ruled Trump's defunding NPR/PBS is unconstitutional in a largely symbolic win for the Demo-Left.

It is largely a symbolic victory because Congress has defunded those leftist rags and there is no way the judiciary can compel Congress to fund them.

But it sets a precedent, a bad one. For one thing, the reasoning is terrible; they are saying government cannot violate the First Amendment rights of these "news" organizations, but how is this violating their first amendment rights? These outfits - and they aren't news agencies but rather propaganda outlets - are not being told what they can or cannot say, but rather that they have no right to stick their grubby paws in the pockets of taxpayers. Trump just told them they couldn't get any more free money. That is in no way a First Amendment issue. If One America News were getting federal subsidies and Joe Biden had cut them off none of us would dream of suing on that basis.

Oh,, the black robed jackass who made this ruling is Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee. Bet you didn't see that coming, did you?

This will probably be overturned on appeal, if the Trump Administration chooses to bother with it. They should; this strikes at the heart of the Executive Branch's authority to utilize funds wisely.

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