Judge Rules Hegseth and Trump Had No Authority to Blacklist Anthropic
US District Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Department of War had no authority to blacklist AI company Anthropic or designate it a supply-chain risk. The judge described the actions as "classic First Amendment retaliation" apparently designed to punish Anthropic. She granted Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction, noting officials offered no evidence of a threat nor considered less restrictive alternatives.
"Classic First Amendment retaliation." That's how US District Judge Rita Lin described the Department of War's effort to blacklist Anthropic and designate it a supply-chain risk. By all appearances, "these measures appear designed to punish Anthropic," Lin wrote in an order granting Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction. Officials seemingly had no authority to take such extreme actions without considering less restrictive alternatives or offering any evidence that Anthropic posed an urgent risk to national security, Lin said. Instead, "the Department of War’s records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its 'hostile manner through the press.'"Read full article Comments