Tag: supreme court nominee samuel alito

Turns out Alito also defended the Regan administration in warantless wiretaps. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps when he worked for the Reagan Justice Department, documents released Friday show. He advocated a step by step approach to strengthening the hand of officials in a 1984 memo […]

It turns out that Supreme Court nominee Alito wrote in 1985 that he wanted Roe v. Wade to be overturned as being reported by the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote in a June 1985 memo that the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion should be overturned. In a recommendation […]