Senators Urge DOJ to Protect Journalists
Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland about codifying specific protections for journalists. The Senators urged ...
The PRESS Act is Vital to Protect Journalists
In July, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced the Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act (S. 2457) and the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act (H.R. 4330), respectively, ...
Press Statement: Lawmakers Introduce Journalist Protection Act
Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) reintroduced legislation to better protect journalists and the free press. The JPA would make it a federal crime to intentionally intimidate or cause ...
Press Statement: Raskin, Lieu, Yarmuth Introduce Federal Press Shield
Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ted Lieu (CA-33), and John Yarmuth (KY-03) introduced the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act. The legislation would safeguard a free and independent press by... (Read More) ...
Washington Post: Senator Wyden Proposes New Shield Law to Protect Journalists’ Phone, Email Records
Sen. Ron Wyden, a longtime critic of government surveillance programs, proposed legislation Monday designed to protect journalists’ data from government subpoenas... (Read More) ...
Lawmakers Press Justice Department to Stop Taking Reporters’ Phone Records
Washington Post Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting that the Biden administration end the practice of searching journalists’ phone records to try to ...
