# Trump Melt Down Helps Immediate Emergency Lawsuit by CNN, MSNOW & Politico to Block White House Ban

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Podcast: [Legal AF by MeidasTouch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007)
Published: 2026-09-20T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Popok outlines what will be happening in the next 24-36 hours as CNN, Politico and MSNOW file separate federal cases under the 1st, 5th Amendment and the Administrative Procedures Act to gain an emergency block of Trump's White House Ban which led to their reporters' press credentials being confiscated. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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