[xzins]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;

No law = no law. If these people need to keep their sources confidential in order to get insider information, then that makes perfect sense. Therefore, in order to get the news that makes up the free press, they need to be able to maintain agreements with sources.

The same as with religion....No law = no law.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This isn't Congress "shall make no law," the Supreme Court is making these rulings - including those about religion.

[Mad Mammoth]

I say throw their asses into jail, and you with them.

[PzLdr]

Really? And if one of these numbn*ts makes stuff up? Oh, no! That can't happen. Congress didn't make any laws regarding the press.These mooks refuse to furnish information in a criminal investigation. It's a BS case to be sure [When will Victoria Plame and Joe Wilson just crawl under a rock?], but it's a potential criminal prosecution of a Federal law. And I don't put reporters above the law. If they won't testify, and provide the documents subpoenaed [and neither the reporter for the NYT and the NYT will]they go to jail.If the wrong guy got charged, tried and convicted would you prefer these doofuses didn't go in for their "source"?