Supreme Court Disallows FISA Challenges

New submitter ThatsNotPudding writes "The U.S. Supreme court has rejected pleas to allow any challenges to the FISA wiretapping law unless someone can prove they've been harmed by it. 'The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, was originally designed to allow spying on the communications of foreign powers. But after the September 11 attacks, FISA courts were authorized to target a wide array of international communications, including communications between Americans and foreigners. ... In this case, the plaintiffs' groups said their communications were likely being scooped up by the government's expanded spying powers in violation of their constitutional rights. Today's decision, a 5-4 vote along ideological lines by the nation's highest court, definitively ends their case. In an opinion (PDF) by Justice Samuel Alito, the court ruled that these groups don't have the right to sue at all, because they can't prove they were being spied on.'" Further coverage at SCOTUSblog.

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any libertarians left on the GOP ship?

[Trepidity]

Every conservative on the court supports unreviewable police power and opposes civil liberties: is anyone surprised?

If you didn't vote Libertarian YOU ASKED FOR THIS!

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyone who voted Republicrat or Democan shut up and go sit on the sidelines. The two major parties have proved time and time again they are not to be trusted with protecting liberty or the Constitution. Thus anyone that has voted Republicrat or Democan has demonstrated a want for an intrusive, activist government and have no room to complain now. You ASKED FOR THIS.

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