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US asks top court not to take case on NSA cyber-snooping
- malandrew 13y agoUS government attorneys argue that the Supreme Court does not have the jurisdiction to take the case... The US administration also believes the EIPC suit cannot move forward because it argues the court lacks authority under the 2001 Patriot Act to weigh in on the legality of NSA activities. "This court lacks jurisdiction to issue a writ of certiorari to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court," the secret intelligence affairs court, Verrilli added. Doesn't SCOTUS have jurisdiction over any case it wants to take, assuming the case has passed through the appropriate lower courts first?
- jamesbritt 13y agoIt really feels like, "SCOTUS cannot judge this law because the law says SCOTUS cannot judge this law. And, you know, it's the law."