SITUATION EXPLAINED: A judge blocked the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic. • Judge Rita Lin's 59-page ruling found the Pentagon violated the First Amendment by retaliating against Anthropic • It separately denied the company the process required under the Fifth • "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics" • She cited Hegseth's own earlier threat to invoke the Defense Production Act, which implied Anthropic was…