NPR CEO Katherine Maher said Trump’s executive order is ‘clear violation of the Constitution and the First Amendment’s protections.’
By Catholics for Catholics
In response to an executive order by the President, NPR and three public radio stations from Colorado sued the Trump administration Tuesday for seeking to cease all federal funding to them and PBS, according to Fox News.
Earlier this month President Donald Trump had signed an executive in which it instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR” and other public media outlets. In response, NPR vowed to challenge the order “by all means available,” and CEO Katherine Maher took action.
Maher said in a long statement that “the Executive Order is a clear violation of the Constitution and the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of speech and association, and freedom of the press. It is an affront to the rights of NPR and NPR’s 246 Member stations, which are locally owned, nonprofit, noncommercial media organizations serving all 50 states and territories. Today, we challenge its constitutionality in the nation’s independent courts.”
“Public media was established to inform the American public and uphold American democratic values,” Maher continued. “The President’s Executive Order is directly counter to Congress’s long-standing intent, as expressed in the Public Broadcasting Act, to foster vibrant institutions that achieve that mission, serving all Americans independent of political influence.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Fox News said.
Besides President Trump, the lawsuit names White House budget director Russel Vought, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and National Endowment for the Arts chair Maria Rosario Jackson as defendants, according to Fox News.
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