$800-a-day penalty threatens to bleed investigative reporter dry as explosive legal fight escalates

SCOTUS Has A Shot To Take A Major First Amendment, Free Press Case. Here’s What’s At Stake.

Herridge had reported on Yanping Chen, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China who was investigated by the FBI for alleged ties to the Chinese military. Chen sued federal agencies over alleged leaks of personal information from the investigation.

SCOTUS Has a Shot to Take a Major First Amendment, Free Press Case. Here’s What’s at Stake

An investigative reporter is asking the Supreme Court to review a court order to identify the sources behind her reporting. In a case that could set new precedent on the First Amendment, former Fox News and CBS News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge is appealing a lower court’s order to pay an $800 per day contempt...

$800-a-day penalty threatens to bleed investigative reporter dry as explosive legal fight escalates

Catherine Herridge is asking the Supreme Court to protect her confidential sources in a case involving the Privacy Act and reporter's privilege that could reshape press protections.