Judge Rules Trump’s Order to End Funding for PBS, NPR Was an Illegal First Amendment Violation

By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

NY Digital Editor

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A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump‘s executive order to end funding for PBS and NPR public media violated the First Amendment.

In a ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss of the District Court for D.C. ruled Tuesday that Trump’s executive order to cease funding for NPR and PBS is unlawful and unenforceable. The judge wrote that the First Amendment right to free speech “does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”

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