The three US national news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access.

Axar.az reports, citing CNN, the emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in the DC District Court and could result in hearings and legal arguments from the administration as soon as this week.

“This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles,” the outlets said in a draft of their lawsuit, which is asking the court to act immediately to revive their journalists’ access to the White House.

The lawsuit will allege Trump’s ban violates the First Amendment and the Constitution’s due process protections.

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