The United States has a federal shield law protecting journalists from revealing confidential sources.

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False. There is no federal shield law in the United States, though 49 states and Washington, D.C. have some form of reporter's privilege through statutes or judicial precedent (Wyoming is the exception). The Supreme Court ruled in Branzburg v. Hayes (1972) that the First Amendment does not protect journalists from identifying confidential sources to grand juries. Congress has attempted to pass federal shield legislation like the PRESS Act multiple times since 2005, but none has become law.

The United States has a federal shield law protecting journalists from revealing confidential sources.

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