| Congressional Representative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California Dreamin Posts: 3,212 Points: 20,226, Level: 89 | Level up: 76%, 124 Points needed |  |  Alito made case for shielding officials who order wiretaps As Justice lawyer in '80s, nominee championed immunity from suits
WASHINGTON // Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. argued in the mid-1980s that government officials who order illegal domestic wiretaps are immune from all lawsuits, according to newly released documents from Alito's service in the Justice Department.
Nevertheless, Alito urged fellow Justice Department lawyers to avoid testing his expansive view of executive branch immunity because he wasn't sure it would be a winning argument in court. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/cus...tack-headlines My posts may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am making such material available in my efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. For more information please review Title 17, Sec. 107 of the U.S. Code. | 
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