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Re:NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say by n09n on Friday July 19, 2013 @06:52PM (#6073473)
Why do you conclude that they find it acceptable? Shouldn't judges be ruling on the merits of the case, not based on what outcome they find pleasing?
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Re:NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say by charonn0 on Friday July 19, 2013 @07:25PM (#6073589)
They should indeed. Courts of law should rule on what the law says; the court of public opinion is the proper venue for determining what what the law ought to say.
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Re:NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say by igravious on Friday July 19, 2013 @09:25PM (#6073933)
No, the court of sound reason is.
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Re:NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say by btilly on Saturday July 20, 2013 @03:25AM (#6074566)
Why do you conclude that they find it acceptable?

The majority made their ruling despite lawyers for the other side pointing out this catch-22, and the minority decision outlining this exact scenario as a reason to have granted standing. I do not think that the majority could have so ruled if they found the existence of this catch-22 to be unacceptable.

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