The 1988 Supreme Court ruling in the case Morrison v. Olson devastated Olson, Meese, Cheney, Barr, and other supporters of executive power. In a 7–1 vote, the justices upheld the constitutionality of independent counsels. The majority found that independent counsels do not interfere “unduly” or “impermissibly” with the powers of the executive branch. The one dissenting justice was Antonin Scalia. In a blistering thirty-page opinion, Scalia argued that the Constitution granted executive powers of investigation and prosecution solely to the president. In his opinion, Scalia warned that a
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