# Federal Judge Strikes Down the Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic

Judge Rita Lin found the Department of Defense retaliated against the company for its public position on military uses of Claude, violating the First Amendment.

- Published: 2026-08-30T06:24:05.945Z
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US District Judge Rita Lin has blocked the Department of Defense from designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk, ruling the designation unlawful. "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate agains…

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