The amended complaint, filed Wednesday, alleges “continued retaliatory and viewpoint-discriminatory deprivation,” arguing that the administration is violating the First and Fifth Amendments by excluding journalists from presidential events and disrupting the established White House press pool system.

At the center of the dispute is the administration’s continued restriction of access to Air Force One and the Oval Office, two important venues for questioning the president and gathering information about government decisions. The news organizations argue that the White House is using its control over access to marginalize outlets whose reporting it dislikes, raising concerns about political pressure on independent journalism.

US District Judge Timothy P. Kelly issued a preliminary injunction two weeks ago, finding that Trump’s original ban likely violated the First Amendment by discriminating against journalists based on their coverage of his administration. Although the White House subsequently restored the outlets’ press credentials, the organizations say the administration has continued to undermine the court’s intervention through restrictions on their reporting assignments.

CNN has been excluded from all six Air Force One trips for which it was scheduled to serve as the designated television pool network since Trump announced the ban on September 18. Politico has been barred from two scheduled out-of-town pool assignments, while MS NOW has not participated in the secondary television pool since the restrictions began.

The lawsuit argues that the administration cannot selectively open presidential spaces to journalists and then deny access to particular outlets because of their reporting.

“To be clear,” the amended complaint states, the outlets “do not claim an unrestricted right to enter the Oval Office or travel aboard Air Force One. But once the White House opens those spaces to selected journalists for newsgathering and reporting, the White House may not exclude plaintiffs because it dislikes their coverage.”

The organizations say the restrictions weaken the press pool system, which allows news outlets to rotate coverage of presidential activities. According to the complaint, 97% of nearly 5,000 questions Trump has taken from reporters in traditional settings were asked in the Oval Office or during Air Force One travel, underscoring the importance of the disputed access to presidential scrutiny.

The administration’s position also draws on a separate legal dispute with The Associated Press, which sued after Trump restricted its access over its refusal to adopt his preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico. The outlets’ lawyer, Ted Boutrous, has argued that an appeals court ruling in that case was non-binding and does not determine the outcome of their lawsuit.

The White House responded to the latest filing with a dismissive statement, saying, “the Fake News has no place demanding a spot in the President’s Oval Office.”

Boutrous said the exclusions violate constitutional protections and are intended to punish and discourage coverage the president dislikes. The amended complaint asks the court to declare the restrictions unlawful and impose a permanent injunction against further exclusions.