As reported here, [t]he U.S. Supreme Court Monday ended Rep. Jim McDermott's long-running legal battle with a leading House Republican, when it let stand a lower court ruling that could cost McDermott more than $600,000 in damages and attorneys' fees.
The high court declined to review a federal appeals court ruling from May that McDermott, D-Wash., was liable for civil damages for leaking to reporters a tape recording of a cell-phone call between Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republican leaders discussing a House Ethics Committee investigation of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
How ironic that one of the Democrats most cherished so-called "Constitutional rights" - the "right to privacy", which is not written anywhere in the Constitution - comes back to bite one of their own!
Hey, Jim! Pay the man, and be thankful you aren't going to prison for breaking the law.
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