I don’t understand the Acosta ruling

I didn't even know such was subject to due process, to what, having a privilege revoked?

Has someone seen a copy of the written ruling? Media outlets love to blather on, but never seem to actually link to the rulings/orders themselves...

Do laws not apply? Does the WH have to list everything under the sun?

Thou shalt not assault female staffers etc. etc

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There was no policy in place for revoking a press members’ pass and no explanation was given when it was revoked.

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and?

He put his hands on a female, enough said

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There was no policy in place for revoking a press members’ pass and no explanation was given when it was revoked.

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So what? There was also no policy in place for granting the pass then? If it was granted with no guidelines it seems reasonable that it could be pulled at will.

Not surprising, because it makes no fricking sense.

The press pass (hard, or otherwise) is a privilege.

There is no vested property right in it.

Therefore, there's no 5th Amendment issue raised when it is revoked.

The judge is a goddamned retard.

Sigh. A hallmark of our Constitution is that if the government gives you something, it can’t arbitrarily take it away with process and an opportunity to be heard.

The White House doesn’t have to grant a single person privileges, but when it does, it can’t arbitrarily revoke them.

I disagree with the Judge’s ruling, but he found that the White House afforded no process to dispute the allegations, and the video was not blatant enough to justify no due process.

I can live with that, and so could all of the lawyers in the Office of Legal Counsel and the Solicitor General’s Office.

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Therefore, there's no 5th Amendment issue raised when it is revoked.

The judge is a goddamned retard.

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Agreed. Actually, due process is in context to a civil or criminal violation. Other than that, any privilege granted can be revoked.
Any person with the power to grant an access pass has the power to pull that pass. If a person is disruptive after being warned, that person has no right to demand to let let back in. Thats the process.