https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_laws_in_the_United_Stat...
"There is no federal shield law and state shield laws vary in scope."
https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1241/shield-law...
"There is no federal shield law"
Not even former or sitting presidents are protected.
The thing is the article didn’t say anything about shield laws, which is what the comment I was responding to was talking about.
>The search warrant, signed by Marion County District Court Magistrate Judge Laura Viar, appears to violate federal law that provides protections against searching and seizing materials from journalists. The law requires law enforcement to subpoena materials instead.
This isn't true. It is legal to search and seize journalists, if the journalist are suspected of committing a crime.
Either the author doesn't know the law, or is being misleading, because the same article also says the local and state cops are investigating the local journalist.