Colorado Politics

David Lane thinks outlets banned by Trump should see him in court

If you been banned by Donald Trump, you’ve got friend in David Lane. And to bet against Lane is something a loser would do these days.

Last week, Lane’s well-known Denver law firm reduced Denver International Airport’s seven-day waiting period for a protest permit to one day. As long as you’re not bothering anybody, the cops won’t bother you if you want to hold a sign, within reason, at the airport now.

Lane defended protesters who gathered at the airport on Jan. 29. after Trump’s Muslim travel ban last month.  He won another big one in federal court, the Free the Nipple case against Fort Collins Wednesday. That’s right, free speech and free nipples in the same day.

“I think my name is written on bathroom walls in every correctional institution in the state of Colorado,” Lane said on CNN in 2009, when he represented the Balloon Boy’s family.

So CNN, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, Buzzfeed and any other news agency kicked out by the president has a case, Lane said Friday.

“Trump dislikes the media outlets so he banned them,” Lane said in an e-mail exchange Friday night.  “The banned media have rights to publish/broadcast under the First Amendment and the government (Trump) is retaliating against them for exercising their right to free speech under the First Amendment.

“Abundant Supreme Court case law says that it is actionable in court if the government retaliates against anyone for exercising their rights under the First Amendment.  Indeed, if these media outlets filed a suit, in my opinion it would be a virtual slam dunk win … this is an easy one.”


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