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February 27, 2013

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Sweeping Surveillance Law 
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The Supreme Court has ruled a group of human rights organizations and
journalists cannot challenge the government's warrantless domestic
surveillance program because they can't prove they are among its
targets. In a 5-to-4 decision, the Court's conservative majority ruled
the plaintiffs lacked "standing" or jurisdiction to proceed since they
could not prove they have been spied on. The American Civil Liberties
Union and a coalition of human rights groups and journalists filed the
lawsuit in 2008 hours after President Bush signed amendments granting
the government almost unchecked power to monitor the international phone
calls and emails of Americans.

 

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