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[–] Gamerdog6482 0 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago 

Friendly reminder that the purpose of judicial review is not to determine if something is right, but to determine if something is legal. The assumption is that Congress will decide if it is right or not.

Of course Congress is usually wrong, but I digress.

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[–] ChillyHellion [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

A very good point. The court's hands are tied by whatever is lawful/unlawful. I guess the question here is whether the NSA's spying is constitutional, which trumps anything Congress can come up with.

Edit: as the author also points out, it's baffling that the court first declared that NSA spying was not justified by the Patriot Act, then Congress authorized the USA Freedom Act that would temporarily extend NSA's spying, then the court reversed its initial decision and declared the whole thing legal again. The whole thing is hard to follow.

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[–] newoldwave 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Congress should realize that the NSA is spying on them as well.

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[–] ChillyHellion [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I'm sure they know, it's just that they don't know what to do about it.

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[–] nomenimion 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

So should the courts.

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[–] DickHertz 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

NSA should realize that NSA is spying on NSA. They should change their logo to a snake eating its own tail.

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[–] greycloud 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

its cool for you to spy on the NSA because i said so. both me and congress have the same right to override the constitution.

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[–] Pono_Honu 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I feel like the judicial branch of our government just doesn't want to be the judicial branch of our government.

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[–] ximian 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

time to chase the hypocrites in the congress. call them email them. rachet up the pressure

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[–] Perigran ago 

I honestly wouldn't care if they just passed a law saying that you can only be prosecuted for terrorism from the information and nothing else. Also anyone found abusing the information gets 20 years In the pokie.