Good news!

Apparently audible use of the word impeachment won't be the only good thing to come out of the Bush wiretapping scandal: the judiciary committee now plans to question Alito about his views on the power of the executive branch.

"Recent revelations that the president authorized domestic eavesdropping without following the statute that requires approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is but one of several areas where the court's role as a check on overreaching by the executive may soon prove crucial," Leahy said in his letter.

Glad to see you've awakened to the real motivation behind these arcane Supreme Court picks...

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