They are most important due to the First Amendment and the demonizing of the mainstream press. If Jim Acosta was to be silenced that would effect the entire press corp. which would be Trump exercising intimidation. That is the beginning of the end of our democracy.
Outside of the lawsuit rightfully pursued by CNN, I firmly believe Trump is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. There is an investigation to Russian activities during the 2016 elections. We also know that Trump benefitted by Russian hackers that went to work after Trump stood at a podium and asked for that exact help.
When President Macron of France invited world leaders to the ceremony of the 100th anniversary of the end of WW I, it was in an understanding peace is a priority. For the most part, Trump didn't engage the ceremonies. He was either late of unenthusiastic while making inappropriate remarks to others.
The first thing Putin stated after leaving France was that by Europe becoming a military power unto itself it was beginning to dissolve NATO. He stated President Macron interfered in any chance for Putin to speak to Trump.
Putin intentionally was attempting to use words to create a divide between the USA and NATO. Rather than accepting the walk towards peace offered by President Macron, Putin attacked Macron's diplomacy.
Ukraine is still involved in defending it's borders from Russia. It is estimated the civil war is being won by the Ukraine government. On November 11, the day of the WW I ceremony and the traditional Veteran's Day in the USA Putin held a faux election (click here) as a means to assert Russian influence in the region.
There is no reason why President Trump should be leaning into a favored status for Russia over and above the continued civil war in Ukraine. Yet, he does. He ignores diplomacy, spurns allies and enjoys the company of dictators. His accolades toward North Korea are void of any denuclearization as Russia is pushing it's limits in areas rightfully of concern to NATO. In asserting Russian preferences for the eastern border of Ukraine, Putin has turned his back on the Minsk agreements. Once again, Russia is breaking treaties.
As a perspective one has to realize the Russian Revolution occurred in 1917. Therefore, the USA's democracy has been in existence for a much longer time than the current form of the Russian government. As a matter of fact, the Treaty of Versailles, which replaced the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and others, provided the new Russian government a step up to stability. The Allied Powers wanted stability at the end of the war and not more instability. The argument can be made that the end of WW I and the Allied Powers of The West helped the Russian Revolution to solidify in expectations of peace and not the further mischief of Putin. That is especially the case in realizing The West and Russia allied in WW II.
As a perspective one has to realize the Russian Revolution occurred in 1917. Therefore, the USA's democracy has been in existence for a much longer time than the current form of the Russian government. As a matter of fact, the Treaty of Versailles, which replaced the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and others, provided the new Russian government a step up to stability. The Allied Powers wanted stability at the end of the war and not more instability. The argument can be made that the end of WW I and the Allied Powers of The West helped the Russian Revolution to solidify in expectations of peace and not the further mischief of Putin. That is especially the case in realizing The West and Russia allied in WW II.
When it comes to Russia and North Korea, President Trump of the United States of America is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. The Democrats have a lot of work to do to be sure the USA's national security is intact, including fiscal stability.
People like those found at CNN, people like Jim Acosta are vital to the information the country needs to move forward and protect our country from evil intent. CNN and Jim Acosta are more than correct in filing a lawsuit to protect their status in the USA democracy.
November 9, 2018
By Scott Nover
robert sherrill (click here)was an outsider by the nature of his work as a Washington correspondent for The Nation. A prolific anti-establishment voice, Sherrill was unafraid to play contrarian to the left or right of the aisle.
“He took the shibboleths of liberalism and exposed them as what he felt they were,” Ralph Nader told The Washington Post when Sherrill died in 2014. “He took liberals and progressives down a peg or two, or 10 pegs or two.”...
...In January 1972, when Sherrill reapplied for White House press credentials, he was again denied without explanation. That’s when the American Civil Liberties Union took his case to federal court. With the ACLU’s help, Sherrill sued the Secret Service for violating his First and Fifth Amendment rights.
By the time a D.C. circuit-court judge ruled in his case in 1977, it had been 11 years after his credentials were originally denied....
...The exchange became testier and Trump’s complexion reddened. “Honestly, I think you should let me run the country. You run CNN. And if you did it well, your ratings would be better,” Trump told the reporter.
Acosta held on to the microphone as a White House intern tried to grab it back from him. “Mr. President, I had one other question, if I may ask, on the Russia investigation,” Acosta said. “Are you concerned that—”
Trump lifted a finger and wagged it from the podium. “I’m not concerned about anything about the Russia investigation, ’cause it’s a hoax.” He walked away from the podium momentarily, readying for his next hit. Acosta gave in and relinquished the mic....
...When Acosta returned to the White House grounds later that evening to do a live shot for Anderson Cooper 360°, the Secret Service asked for his hard pass, which he had held since 2013, and confiscated it. They were just following orders, and he understood that; the orders came from higher up. His access was revoked: He was locked out of the Trump White House....
...Sherrill never knew why the Secret Service had refused to issue him credentials; they wouldn’t tell him. Only in 1972 did White House counsel John Dean and John Warner, the assistant to the director of the Secret Service, inform the ACLU that “Sherrill had been denied accreditation ‘for reasons of security’ on May 3, 1966.”
The Secret Service cited two incidents that had little to do with the president’s safety or White House security: Sherrill had gotten into a physical altercation in 1964, while he was a political writer for the Miami Herald, when he punched the press secretary to Florida Governor C. Farris Bryant aboard a Johnson campaign train. (He was arrested and fined for physical assault.) Additionally, the Secret Service noted that Sherrill had been charged with assault in 1962 in Texas.
The D.C. circuit court ruled in Sherrill’s favor in 1977. While the court did not demand that the Secret Service issue him a press credential, it did set forth a series of new, transparent steps to ensure that no reporter’s First Amendment rights were violated....
