The New York Times (NYT) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of War over its press policy that has frustrated some journalists.

The department’s policy prohibits journalists from entering the Pentagon if they did not comply with the rules surrounding how they perform their jobs, Fox News reported Thursday.

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The Times claims the Pentagon violated the paper’s First Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights when it implemented the policy, which the Times says gives the Pentagon “standardless discretion” to punish reporters without due process by revoking their press badges based on the policy’s “incurably vague language” on how they go about their newsgathering. The Times also alleges viewpoint discrimination, pointing to several reporters and outl

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