Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates March 2001 No. 3 Vol. 4
Representative John A. Boehner (OH-R)

Wiretapping and Privacy Rights

First Amendment Protection of Intercepted Cell Phone Calls

Representative John A. Boehner (OH-R)

Amicus Curiae

Michael A. Carvin, Counsel of RecordJohn A. Boehner has filed a brief in this case because a cellular phone conversation he had in December 1996 with then House Speaker Newt Gingrich and several others was illegally intercepted, recorded, and distributed to the press. He filed suit against the man who distributed the tape, Representative James A. McDermott (WA-D), and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in his favor. Michael A. Carvin is a founding partner of the law firm Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, specializing in constitutional, appellate, and Federal civil rights issues. He served…

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