The Supreme Court, without comment, has denied the American Civil Liberties Union legal standing to sue telecommunications companies for illegal snooping on American citizens. The reason, previously cited by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, says the ACLU cannot prove its communications have been monitored.
In terms of SCOTUS alignment, this isn’t a liberal vs. conservative split.
What is does show is the timidity of courts at multiple levels, and judges and justices with both conservative and liberal leanings, in following the letter of the law rather than seeking out its spirit.
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February 19, 2008
Kafkaesque SCOTUS to ACLU: Eff off on telco spying suit
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Supreme Court,
warrantless surveillance
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