States urge court to reject Trump's attempted defunding of PBS and NPR as an 'unlawful' attack

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Source: Law & Crime

Jun 21st, 2025, 11:38 am


A group of states are imploring a federal judge to side with PBS, and against the Trump administration, in a legal battle over controversial plans to strip away the broadcast network's federal funding.

In a 41-page amicus brief filed Friday, Colorado and 21 other states say President Donald Trump's attempts to defund PBS and National Public Radio (NPR) through an executive order are "unlawful" actions that threaten "the critical importance of public media."

"Public media is a public good," the filing begins. "That good is even more valuable at the local level, where newsworthiness, reach, and financial incentives often do not align."

The friend of court brief argues public media is particularly beneficial to small, local and tribal communities where English is not the primary language spoken at home. The foray into the pre-existing lawsuit aims to vindicate the interests of the states while supporting the broader arguments raised by the plaintiffs.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/public-media-is-a-public-good-states-urge-court-to-reject-trumps-attempted-defunding-of-pbs-and-npr-as-an-unlawful-attack-on-rural-and-tribal-communities/

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Full headline: 'Public media is a public good': States urge court to reject Trump's attempted defunding of PBS and NPR as an 'unlawful' attack on rural and tribal communities


Link to BRIEF (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25980628-pbs-v-trump-amicus/

Link to BRIEF (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25980628/pbs-v-trump-amicus.pdf