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Re:US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies ... by anigbrowl on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:49PM (#5836100)
I'm pretty sure Congress approves of this. You'd be surprised how many laws contain clauses exempting the decisions of agencies from judicial review, for example. A lot of lawmakers dislike the idea of an independent judiciary and consider Article III of the Constitution to be a design flaw.
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Re:US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies ... by greedo on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:57PM (#5836144)
The laws may be written with judicial exemption clauses, but the SC tends to view those with the seriousness they deserve...
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Re:US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies ... by anigbrowl on Thursday June 06, 2013 @08:33PM (#5836342)
But it can take a very long time for a case to get before the SC, and the scope of article III is not unlimited. The SC often declines to grant certiorari in cases that have to potential to result in a constitutional crisis.
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