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Re:NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say by callmeed on Friday July 19, 2013 @06:22PM (#6073356)
I'm confused: why does the executive branch ("Obama's administration" in paragraph 1) get to tell a judge this or submit a "filing"?

Is this just them stating their position? At what point can/will SCOTUS get involved?

(pardon my ignorance if I incorrectly assumed the president doesn't get to decide what's constitutional)

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Re:NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say by dragonwriter on Friday July 19, 2013 @06:36PM (#6073421)
> I'm confused: why does the executive branch ("Obama's administration" in paragraph 1) get to tell a judge this or submit a "filing"?

The same reason you get to submit a filing stating your legal position if you get sued. Because otherwise, court cases would be pretty one-sided.

> Is this just them stating their position? At what point can/will SCOTUS get involved?

If/when it gets appealed to the SCOTUS after decisions by the lower courts and SCOTUS decides to accept the appeal.

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