Obama Administration Asks Court To Force New York Times Reporter To Reveal Source - GuardinUK/RawSto

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. Well ...

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Yes ... a person, including a journalist, does not enjoy the privilege to keep the identity of a source, that has been accused of a crime, confidential.

To your second question:

No, iI haven't been living under a rock for the last 50 years ... but the rock that I have been living under (law school more than less of the last 21 years working in the law) tells me that the Supreme Court ruled that a journalist had no right to refuse testimony where he or she had witnessed criminal activity. Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972). And, ...

The SCOTUS also has held that a journalist who fails to comply with a subpoena can be held in contempt of court and fined or even sent to jail. (The Miller Case ... remember that case? Democrats cheered when Judith Miller went to jail.)

So ... I guess the rock I have been living under is the rock called "Facts" ... A place that liberals used to live.