25.03.2014 - 11:27 [ Techdirt ]

Judge Scalia Suggests The Supreme Court May Be Asked To Determine Constitutionality Of Metadata Program

The US Supreme Court has yet to take a case that directly challenges the NSA‘s domestic surveillance programs, having turned down EPIC‘s turnstile-jumping attempt to bring the bulk collection to the court‘s attention back in November. More recently, it also declined to grant standing to a case pursued by the Center for Constitutional Rights challenging the legality of Bush-era surveillance programs.