everybody is the press in the USA. The first amendment guarantees this. This arbitrary idea that you're only press if you belong to some media org is unconstitu

everybody is the press in the USA. The first amendment guarantees this. This arbitrary idea that you're only press if you belong to some media org is unconstitutional. There is no organization in the government or in private hands that certifies you as press for the purpose of the law. The ULA has actually kind of screwed themselves with this - its not a safety policy on base because they're still allowing some photographers who belong to media orgs. They're allowing photographers who dont belong to media orgs so long as they agree to not sell pictures. The only thing this policy does is restrain the first amendment rights of a subset of photographers. As far as I can tell its an infringement on first amendment rights and ULA has carefully crafted it so they cannot argue a safety or security reason. It clearly only affects those who want to sell the product of their photography, and only those not in some media org that has no bearing on who is press to the law. They kind of f'd themselves with this. Did they not run it by a lawyer? Or do they assume nobody makes enough money doing rocket photography to actually sue them?