Let the Lawsuits begin

We do have Laws and Courts for a reason(s). Or at least we used to.

And under that system we have certain rights to bring suit, when our rights have been infringed.

So ... Let the Lawsuits begin:


Group to sue over NSA surveillance

by David Jackson, usatoday.com -- July 8, 2013

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A privacy rights group plans to ask the Supreme Court on Monday to stop the NSA phone surveillance program that collects the telephone records of millions of Americans.

It's the latest in a string of lawsuits over NSA activities.
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"The group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, says it is taking the extraordinary legal step of going directly to the Supreme Court because the sweeping collection of the phone records of American citizens has created 'exceptional circumstances' that only the nation's highest court can address.

And not to be left out of the high-stakes legal wrangling, a few other groups have stepped up to act a brake on the out of bounds secret surveillance; being done to us, in our names:

Privacy Group to Ask Supreme Court to Stop N.S.A.’s Phone Spying Program

by James Risen, nytimes.com -- July 7, 2013

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Within days of the disclosure of the court order, the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in federal court in New York. Separately, Larry Klayman, a conservative lawyer who runs a group called Freedom Watch, filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Washington on behalf of Verizon customers.

Marc Rotenberg, the executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said his group’s lawsuit would be the first to directly challenge the legal authority of the FISA court to approve the phone records’ collection under the Patriot Act.

Alan Butler, a lawyer for the group, said the judge “lacked the authority to require production of all domestic call detail records.” He noted that the Patriot Act provision cited by the FISA court required that the business records produced be “relevant” to an authorized national security investigation. “It is simply implausible that all call detail records are relevant,” Mr. Butler said.
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Someone should bring up the fact that before the FISA Court there is NO Adversarial form of argument. Only the prosecution presents their evidence rationales on behalf of the NSA. There is NO lawyer for the "defendants" -- We the People.

Even though we pay their salaries.