Judge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS funding is unconstitutional

Nice to figure that out over three months after Corporation for Public Broadcasting dissolved. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/01/07/are-pbs-npr-shutting-down-corporation-public-broadcasting/88046403007/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/01/07/are-pbs-npr-shutting-down-corporation-public-broadcasting/88046403007/)

Most of what he does is unconstitutional. It’s kind of his thing.

A federal judge in Washington struck down part of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on Tuesday, ruling that it was unconstitutional retaliation that violated their press freedom rights under the First Amendment. The May 1, 2025, executive order, titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media,” cut off funding to public media — with Trump calling out what he perceived as left-wing bias in NPR’s and PBS’s news reporting. “The message is clear,” U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, a Barack Obama appointee to the federal bench, wrote in an opinion. “NPR and PBS need not apply for any federal benefit because the President disapproves of their ‘left-wing’ coverage of the news,” he wrote, adding that the action amounted to “viewpoint discrimination.” Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/31/trump-npr-pbs-funding-unconstitutional/?utm\_campaign=wp\_main&utm\_medium=social&utm\_source=listnook.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/31/trump-npr-pbs-funding-unconstitutional/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=listnook.com)

Might be unconstitutional, but it - and the damage - has already been done. Who is going to undo it? How will it be enforced? Trump has already shown it doesnt matter what the courts say, he will do whatever he wants.

And yet he's going to continue doing it anyway.

Why the f*** was there a stay for the Biden student loan thing, but not for this? God I tucking hate this country

This Pres did something unconstitutional? No way!

Sunny day Sweepin' the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet

Sue the shit out of him and bring it back.

There has to be repercussions for this stuff.

Americans do not get it. This was planned all along. Trump and MAGA are based on the same strategy. Repeat a lie enough and people start to believe or at least question the truth. They can demonize someone, destroy an institution, and even bring down democracy with with this. At the same time, they can flood the US with unconstitutional laws and orders, all why crying and saying courts are rigged and judges are targeting them. As the judges rule against them, it only makes their supporters believe the lies even more. And some of the orders and unconstitutional actions get through without being blocked. Lie enough and make enough unconstitutional orders and gullible people will believe them.

What would Mr. Rogers say about all of this...

And nothing was changed

Good thing they got on that a year later after lots of people lost their jobs. *^(Heck my old job worked directly with pbs, so prob a reason why they don't have much work now either. F*** Trump.)*

Bring on the Supreme Lackey Court. They’ll sort it for the orange one.

Shouldn't it only have been eliminated AFTER the courts deemed it ok? Why was it dismantled before the case was heard?

Donald Trump rapes children.

Should the next Democratic administration take the same “It’s better to ask for forgiveness rather than ask for permission” approach? Right or wrong tear it down.

Great. Now enforce reinstating the funding and hire the people back. Oh, wait, sorry, I was thinking we still had a functioning democracy where rule of law had consequences and the president wasn’t a despot completely outside the law. 

Cool. So who’s going to enforce it?

Trump’s existence is unconstitutional.

Wake me up when we get accountability and consequences.

welp it's a little late for that.

And he doesn't care about court rulings. He's daring you to make him.

Failure of the courts and justice system #57 during Trump's time in office. And we have almost three years to go and STILL they've done nothing to erect a “doorway” Trump must go through and prove his actions are legal before doing them. Since no one agrees that there is ANY IMMINENT threat to our country, no Trump action based on that should proceed without congressional and/or court oversight. Those who want to take down our Democracy (and country as we know it with it) have been studying the legal system surrounding politicians and the president for decades. They build the system that cannot respond quickly to illegal presidential actions, and then turned a president and administration loose that couldn't care less about laws, norms, morality, legality, etc. America IS at war. But not with Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Greenland, etc. All because they're terrified of lgbtq citizens.

I'll take this win.

Finally *someone* remembered the constitution exists.

I propose the next president sees to it via executive order that trump is chained to a desk and forced to eat McDonald's hamburgers until his gut explodes or heart gives out. We can sort it out in the courts months later if it was an oopsies.

Two things come to mind for this… And then what? And Make them do something about it and repay the lost income out of Donald’s funds. Make him and his cronies repay it all with interest if you’re going to do something about it.

Just so you know, even if you aren’t a fan of NPR or PBS, the idea of a President being able to unilaterally defund specific organizations based on disfavored expression should worry everyone. Today it’s them; tomorrow it’s whoever the next administration dislikes

[Congress already cut the funding](https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/npr-pbs-funding-senate) for PBS and NPR a few months after the exec order so ruling is moot.

At what point do republicans impeach the ass hat? He keeps doing stuff that is illegal and basically gets away with it. He might get told by a judge to reverse the damage, but that’s it. On to the next crime

they'd have an easier time listing what he's done that was constitutional.

Just throw that in the pile of the other unconstitutional things he has done.

No duh. They knew it was illegal when they did it. The whole point is to move fast and break things while they have perceived impunity. The fact the court lags so far behind in this process is something they are exploiting.

This is the problem with being tolerant of shoot first and ask questions later. Trump's administration does the damage and then when the judiciary says it's unconstitutional, they say with a sneer, "Oh well", realizing that entity they defunded is dead and won't be back. They get a pass and are not EVER held accountable. There needs to be clear penalties for breaching the constitution.

theres gonna be a whole US History course about things trump did that were illegal and unconstitutional

"Judge rules barber cut hair too short. Demands hair be put back to original length."

NPR is still active and taking donations from the public now. People are stepping up. This administration is a disgrace to our economy and is affecting our day to day life, negatively. 

It’s so great that judges and justices are allowing the damage while they contemplate ruling instead of blocking the illegal actions while it makes it way through proper deliberations. This won’t possibly ruin many institutions.

Don't worry the Supreme Court will overturn that ruling.

Great! Mail it to last year when it might have made a f****** difference.

And. Does the judge have the button to put it all back in place? Or rehire or pay everyone? Nope. So really nothing happens until you have new admin. If ever. The law is too slow

Add this to the long list of unconstitional acts

Trump and every single Trump supporter are pieces of shit. It’s evident every single day.

Great, now what’s going to be done about it

I'm tired, boss

Way to slow roll this ruling 😂

Oh good, now I'm sure they'll get right on reversing that decision.

If a president does this many unconstitutional things they should be removed from office. The problem is that our government is captured by corruption and there is no desire by those in charge to remove him.

How the f*** is letting the quacks from conversion therapy get scot free from liability over their freedom of speech but suddenly NPR had easily taken that right away? If Americans were as tough with their inhouse shit as they are when it comes to fighting foreigners in far away lands, we'd ...oh f*** it, let's institute f****** democracy in the USA already!! We need to get high on our own f****** supply.

This can't be true. His oath of office says he will uphold the Constitution. right, Right, RIGHT?

Add it to the pile, the scum f*** is a criminal and continues to do unconstitutional shit with zero enforcement

The constitution is a worthless piece of paper now. No one is even trying to defend it.

Is there a website that summarizes all the court-decided unconstitutional things that this administration has done? Must be a record

So they're going to get back-pay and recover any costs associated with the dissolution of the corporation for public broadcasting, right? ..right?

They know most of these orders wont stand... thing is once you destroy agencies and fire everyone it doesnt really matter 6 months later.  Going to see the same thing about the department of education.  

Maybe if 87% of the things you do get ruled unconstitutional, you're being president wrong. This guys actions fall into three categories: Unconstitutional, Unreviewable, and giving rich people money.

Great work,judge. Thanks for taking months to work out what anyone else saw in a minute.

Oh it is is it? Okay then... Guess we'll just do nothing then.

how dare underprivileged people have access to objective information!

Honest question: why are these legal decisions being made now and do they effectively order the administration to fix what they broke?

"Judge rules Trump isn't congress." Yeah we know.

The world looks forward to the day when he's reduced to a completely forgettable obit. May that day be tomorrow — if not today!

So whats the consequence?

So he is going to do it anyway and gut it till it's barely functional then brag about partly funding it and saving it.

Its easier for me to believe that Trump will be televised raping children at the super bowl than it will be for me to believe that our legal system will do anything more than wag a finger at him.

The vast majority of Trump's actions have been unconstitutional.

trump shits on the constitution on a daily basis.

I don't classify him as the worst president, even though he is, but as worst human beings this world has ever seen.

Hopefully, people will be held accountable when a more reasonable administration takes over. Because the Democrats would certainly NOT forget about all of the illegal stuff Trump and his minions did and go “wow we won the election everything is ok now, back to sanity”. Right? Right?!