Cotton blocks federal shield law for journalists

Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton blocks press freedom bill Trump said GOP ‘must kill’

WASHINGTON — An effort to pass a sweeping measure aimed at protecting press freedoms was struck down in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night.

Ivan Eland: A free press must be protected at all costs

Like it or not, the Constitution’s First Amendment gives the media special protection in the American republic. That amendment says, “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom … of the press.” With one of the recent presidential candidates unconstitutionally threatening to shut down media outlets or take away their (non-existent) licenses when they say or do something he doesn’t like, it is not hard to imagine him in office trying to …

Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton blocks press freedom bill Trump said GOP 'must kill' • Wisconsin Examiner

President-elect Donald Trump, at the time the GOP nominee, participates in a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena on Sept. 4, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — An effort to pass a sweeping measure aimed at protecting press freedoms was struck down in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night. The journalism shield law — which would limit the federal government’s ability to force…

US Senator Tom Cotton Lies About Reporter’s Shield Law, Blocks Vote

Cotton is not sticking it to some “cabal of legacy media” but rather he is ensuring that the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) will continue to have an easier time targeting journalists.

Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton blocks press freedom bill Trump said GOP 'must kill' • Tennessee Lookout

President-elect Donald Trump, at the time the GOP nominee, participates in a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena on Sept. 4, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — An effort to pass a sweeping measure aimed at protecting press freedoms was struck down in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night. The journalism shield law — which would limit the federal government’s ability to force…

Bill to protect journalists from revealing sources is ‘on life support’

Press advocates and media organizations have been appealing for passage of the Press Act, which would create a federal shield law for journalists and their sources.