With New York Times subpoenas, Trump is brazenly escalating his attacks on the press | Margaret Sullivan

Federal agents showed up at reporters' homes, targeting journalists for doing exactly what the first amendment protects

To non-journalists, receiving a government subpoena is a serious thing but probably not a violation of basic rights.

To journalists, it's quite a different matter - an attack on a foundational right to gather information in the public interest and to provide confidentiality to sources.