A us court on friday obstructed initiatives by President Donald Trump’s Administration to Shut Down Voice of America (VOA), A United States Funded International News Service.
The Court Called the Move A “Classic Case of Arbitrary and Capricious Decision Making.”
In his order, Judge James Paul Oetken Did not Direct the Resumpt ofBroadcasts However, it Clearly Stoped the Trump Administration from Firing greater than 1,200 reporters, Engineers and various other Staff Who Were suddenly positioned on Leave Earlier This Month.
Oetken’s Order Barred the Us Agency for Global Media- which Oversees Voa, Radio Free Europe, and various other Government-Funded Media- from “Any Further Attempt to Termatate, Reduce-In-Force, Place on Leave, Or Furlough” Employees or Contractors.
So Barred the Agency from Shutting Down Any Offices or Directing the Overseas Employees to Return to the Us.
The situation was submitted by voa workers, their Unions and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Who Alleged the Closure Violated The Workers’ Constitutional First Amendment Right to Free Speech.
Plainting Welcome Court Order
“This is a Decisive Victory for Press Freedom and the First Amendment, and a Sharp Rebuke” To the Trump Administration’s “Uutter Disciples that Define Our Democracy,” The Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Andrew G. Celli Jr Said.
“We’re very Pleased that the Judge Agreed to Freeze Any Further Action by the Government to Dismantle Voice of America,” Clayton Weimers, The Executive Director of RSF U.S.A., Said.
“We urge the Trump Administration to Unfreeze Funding for Voa Immediately and Reinstate Its Employees Without Further Delay,” Weimers Added
Edited by: John Silk
