The likely outcome of this is that Rand Paul will be called out on his partisan motivations (and there will be some truth to it, I admit) in the media, and the

The likely outcome of this is that Rand Paul will be called out on his partisan motivations (and there will be some truth to it, I admit) in the media, and the courts will ultimately throw out the lawsuit and thus protect the surveillance state. We know that the president won't do anything about this. The legislature won't, and neither will the courts. The most we could expect is a token piece of legislation that promises oversight, but will have stealth provisions that end up making everything worse, or provide clemency for the NSA's various crimes.