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WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito argued in the mid-1980s that government officials who order illegal domestic wiretaps are immune from lawsuits, according to newly released documents from Judge Alito's service in the Justice Department.
Nevertheless, Judge 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.See the full content of this document
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Alito Argued Immunity in Wiretap Suits
Judge Alito's 20-year-old thoughts on wiretapping have special resonance now bec...
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