Republican Harry Blackmun. The most infamous name in American history.
Benedict Arnold was stopped before he could do any real damage.
Blackmun has the blood of more than fifty million innocents on his hands.
His immoral decision-making still threatens the very existence of the republic.
I realize that 1979 was a long time ago, but am I the only one who understands that in 1979, phone billing records only listed long distance calls? Local calls triggered a relay to make the connection - since there was no charge for making a local call, there was no reason for making a record of the event.
So, whether an expectation of privacy existed for local calls is irrelevant. The fact that the overwhelming majority of calls made in 1979 were local makes a difference as to whether the ruling still applies.
Harry Blackmun is part of the Eisenhower-Nixon legacy.