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Court Reinstates ACLU Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Government Spying Law

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011.  In a huge victory for privacy and the rule of law, a federal appeals court today reinstated a landmark lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional government spying law. The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in July 2008 to stop the government from conducting surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), a statute that gives the executive branch virtually unchecked power to collect Americans’ international…

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