Supreme Court Declines to Block Contempt Fine Against Journalist Catherine Herridge for Protecting Source
By
Ted Johnson
Summary
The Supreme Court has declined to hear Catherine Herridge's appeal to block a lower court's $800 per day contempt fine. The fine was imposed by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper after Herridge refused to disclose the source of her 2017 Fox News reports about Yanping Chen, a naturalized U.S. citizen whose Virginia university was investigated by the FBI over alleged ties to the Chinese military. Herridge has been fighting the order to reveal her confidential source.
Source
DeadlineSupreme Court Declines to Block Contempt Fine Against Journalist Catherine Herridge for Protecting Sourcedeadline.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe Supreme Court declined Catherine Herridge's effort to block a lower court's $800 per day fine for refusing to disclose the source of reports when she worked for Fox News.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper had imposed the fine, having found her in civil contempt after she declined to reveal the source for 2017 stories
The stories had to do with Chen's affiliations with the Chinese military.
You might also wanna read
Google Complied with ICE Subpoena for Student Journalist's Financial Data Without Notification
Google complied with an ICE subpoena demanding extensive personal data on student journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson, including bank and cred
theintercept.com·4mo ago
Washington Supreme Court Upholds $25 Million Fine Against Meta for Campaign Finance Disclosure Violations
The Washington State Supreme Court has upheld a record-setting $25 million fine against Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook's parent company) for
campaignlegal.org·9d ago
Press freedom advocates challenge Paramount-Warner Bros. merger and government attacks on journalism
Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) led an open letter from journalists and journalism professors opposing the proposed Paramount-Warner B
freedom.press·1mo ago
Man's detention over contempt order unjust
Federal judge denies Trump's request for delay in paying $5.8M to E. Jean Carroll
A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump's request for additional time to respond to writer E. Jean Carroll's demand for $5.8 million
eu.usatoday.com·16h ago
Federal judge blocks Trump administration's $1.8B fund critics call political payoff vehicle
A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from creating a fund that critics describe as a $1.8 billion 'slush
azmirror.com·1mo ago
Comments
Sign in to join the conversation.
No comments yet. Be the first.