The Supreme Court declined to save journalist Catherine Herridge from having to reveal her source or pay fines in a case that she said raises a crucial First Amendment issue.

Herridge had asked the justices to stop a lower court ruling from taking effect that would put her to that choice.

In an order on Thursday, the high court declined Herridge’s request. As is typical for such actions, the court did not explain its reasoning. The order noted that Justice Brett Kavanaugh would have granted Herridge’s request.

She was held in contempt by a Washington, D.C., judge in a case brought against the federal government by Yanping Chen, who alleged that officials violated the Privacy Act by disclosing records about her that were collected as part of an FBI investigation. The records were published by Fox News, where Herridge worked at the time.

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