The Defense Department announced a new policy for press access after a federal judge ruled that its previous set of restrictions were unconstitutional.
Under the new terms, the Pentagon is seeking to be more specific in identifying its restrictions, prohibiting journalists from efforts to “solicit government employees to violate the law by providing confidential government information,” according to The New York Times. On Friday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon’s previous restrictions were vague, and it’s unclear if the new language will survive First Amendment scrutiny or if news outlets will be willing to sign on to it.
But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, outlined a new set of restrictions, including the movement of journalists from their workspace inside the building. “Effective immediately, the Correspondents’ Corridor is closed. A new and improved press workspace will be established in an annex facility outside the Pentagon,
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