The Supreme Court May Be The Best Hope To Stop The NSA -- Shane Harris, Foreign Policy
Congress couldn't draw back the surveillance dragnet. But the justices might.
Now that the House of Representatives has voted down an amendment that would have significantly restricted what information the National Security Agency can collect about Americans, the best hope of curtailing the spy agency's powers lies with the courts. And while NSA critics have failed to rein in the eavesdropping agency through legislative action, they may have more luck with the third branch of government -- thanks to a leaked classified document, a rare bit of good fortune for a leading civil liberties group, and a sympathetic justice of the Supreme Court.
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My Comment: I have zero confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will address this case .... but if there is a case that should be taken, it is this one.
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