NPR and a trio of Colorado public radio stations sued the Trump administration in federal court docket on Tuesday over the chief order looking for to stop all federal funding to NPR and PBS.

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President Donald Trump signed an government order earlier this month instructing the Company for Public Broadcasting and different federal businesses “to stop Federal funding for NPR” and different public media retailers. NPR has vowed to problem the order “by all means available,” and CEO Katherine Maher took motion. 

“The Government Order is a transparent violation of the Structure and the First Modification’s protections for freedom of speech and affiliation, and freedom of the press. It’s an affront to the rights of NPR and NPR’s 246 Member stations, that are domestically owned, nonprofit, noncommercial media organizations serving all 50 states and territories. Right this moment, we problem its constitutionality within the nation’s unbiased courts,” Maher mentioned in a press release. 

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