re: Pentagon Press Corps Nearly Unanimously Turns In Their Badges

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Hegseth shouldn't be allowed to control what can and cannot be reported. Thats a clear violation of the 1st amendment.

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Wrong.

Hegseth is doing nothing more than enforcing rules in the Pentagon which are already in place in pretty much every other federal office building.

There's no violation of the First Amendment for requiring press members in the Pentagon to wear a security badge identifying them as press.

There's no violation of the First Amendment for requiring press members to not go into certain areas of the Pentagon.

There's no violation of the First Amendment for telling members of the press to stop asking for Classified information they aren't supposed to have in the first place.

The violation would be from attempting to prosecute a reporter for reporting on things, unless they violate the "clear and present danger" exception set forth in Schenck v. United States.