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This trail leads to another Watergate |
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Written by Robert Scardapane
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Wednesday, 04 January 2006 16:42 |
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Robert Scardapane, Published in Home News & Tribune - Central Jersey on 01/04/06 The president claims that the commander-in-chief clause gives him the authority to wiretap American citizens without consulting the FISA court. The balance between security and civil liberty is in jeopardy. This issue will undoubtedly be argued before the Supreme Court.
The Senate must grill Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito concerning this clause. While working for the Reagan administration, he justified executive immunity from wiretap abuse.
Such overreaching executive power ultimately led to the Watergate debacle.
In general, Alito's track record on privacy issues is not good. For example, he upheld a strip search of a mother and her 10-year-old daughter without a warrant. This is poor judicial temperament and enough to disqualify him as a Supreme Court justice.
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