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FISA Appeals Court Releases Ruling
QandO — ... Put another way, the case was about the legality of the Protect America Act. It cleared the court’s examination. But as A.L. explained, this doesn’t lend "credence" to the administration’s legal arguments at all. ...

About that FISA court ruling...
Political Animal — ... to act without specific court approval in ordering national security eavesdropping." But based on the additional reporting, that's just wrong. The decision has nothing to do with the president's inherent authority, and everything to do with Congress' ability to shape surveillance law, giving the White House far more authority than it was previously allowed. Put another way, the case was about the legality of the Protect America Act. It cleared the court's examination. But as A.L. explained , this doesn't lend "credence" to the administration's legal arguments at all. Quite the ...

The Times Taps Out On Wiretapping
JustOneMinute — ... “The Department of Justice is pleased with this important ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, which upholds the constitutionality of foreign intelligence surveillance conducted under the Protect America Act of 2007,” a Justice Department statement said. Hmm - I am not a lawyer, but if the question before the court was the constitutionality of the 20-07 act, why would they have been also opining on the President's separate conduct? Well - the Anon Lib ...

"A Case Study in 8 Years of Lying and Ignorance"
Daily Kos — ... and Anonymous Liberal (both lawyers) also detailed --  the FISA court was addressing a totally different and much narrower question:  namely, whether the warrantless eavesdropping which Congress authorized in the 2007 Protect America Act was prohibited by the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement.  ...