Judge postpones decision in CNN lawsuit over Jim Acosta's press pass

[leftynyc]

Source: CNN

Lawyers for CNN and the Trump administration are awaiting an initial ruling on the network's federal lawsuit over press access to the White House. And they're going to have to wait a little while longer.

Judge Timothy J. Kelly heard nearly two hours of oral arguments about CNN's request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on Wednesday. Then he said court would reconvene Thursday at 3 p.m.
But on Thursday afternoon, he rescheduled the next hearing for Friday at 10 a.m.
If Kelly grants CNN's requests on Friday, CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta would get his press pass back for a short period of time. If it's denied, Acosta's pass will remain suspended.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/15/media/cnn-lawsuit-decision-postponed/index.html

[lagomorph777]

1. The whole WH press corps should walk out.

Let Pres. Turd and Sarah HucksterBee Slanders talk to themselves. We really aren't interested in their lies anyway.

[leftynyc]

2. I was saying that long

before this Acosta issue. Why they give that liar any credibility at all is beyond me.

[Initech]

3. Hope they do it Delta style!

&t=20s

[mobeau69]

4. WTF is the problem? He should've handed down a ruling Wednesday after a

30 minute recess. This ought to be a simple case regardless of how he got his job.

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. Yes, seems pretty cut and dry

Its not that complicated.

But someone pointed out he is a Trump appointee. So there's the rub. He needs more time to commiserate with his Trump lawyer buddies to find some loophole he can use to deny the case

[leftynyc]

7. While judge was appointed

by Donnie, this case will be used as precedent for any future administrations so they better be careful.

[LiberalLovinLug]

8. True...but they always seem to slide their way out of it when the time comes

Like their made up rule about not being able to approve of a SCOTUS in the last year of a Presidency.

Or their insistence that NOW they think Democrats and Republicans should cooperate and not be partisan just because Democrats won the House.

And I'm sure some Trump appointed judge will find some loophole to the precedence when the time comes.

[leftynyc]

9. Well- it wasn't this judge

who granted the TRO. I have little regard for congress but do hold judges to a higher standard.

[Yosemito]

5. He is a Trump appointee nt