Legal Opinion
Amnesty International USA v. Clapper
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 21, 2011No. Docket 09-4112-cvPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
Attorneys, journalists, and labor, legal, media, and human rights organizations brought this action facially challenging the constitutionality of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”), which was added to FISA by Section 101(a)(2) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (the “FAA”), and codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1881a. Section 702 creates new procedures for authorizing government electronic surveillance targeting non-United States persons outside the United States for purposes of collecting foreign intelligence. The plaintiffs…
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