First US Appeals Court Hears Arguments To Shut Down NSA Database

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 2, 2014 @09:10PM from the good-luck-with-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The second of two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government regarding domestic mass surveillance, ACLU vs. Clapper, was heard on Tuesday by "a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit." The proceeding took an unprecedented two hours (the norm is about 30 minutes), and C-SPAN was allowed to record the whole thing and make the footage available online (video). ACLU's lawyers argued that mass surveillance without warrants violates the 4th Amendment, while lawyers for the federal government argued that provisions within the Patriot Act that legalize mass surveillance without warrants have already been carefully considered and approved by all three branches of government. The judges have yet to issue their ruling.

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Re:It's amazing by cheater512 · 2014-09-02 21:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Wow this guy catches on fast.
Translation by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-02 22:05 · Score: 2, Funny

provisions within the Patriot Act that legalize mass surveillance without warrants have already been carefully considered and approved by all three branches of government
"The rubber stamps already rubber-stamped it. Know your place, citizen."
Re:It's amazing by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-02 22:45 · Score: 0, Funny

And her pussy smelled of unbaked bread and cheese.
Re:It's amazing by spacepimp · 2014-09-02 23:15 · Score: 3, Funny

In no way is secret ruling, by a secret court, about secret interpretations of temporary Acts an amendment to the Constitution.