Lawsuit Demands Sign Language at White House Virus Briefings

The National Association of the Deaf and five deaf Americans have sued the White House, arguing that the lack of a sign language interpreter at President Trump’s coronavirus briefings violates the First Amendment.

The association is seeking to force Mr. Trump and other White House officials to use American Sign Language, or A.S.L., interpreters during “television broadcasts of their coronavirus press conferences and briefings to make them accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people.”

“Deaf and hard-of-hearing people are affected by the pandemic, just like everyone else, but we’re not getting...