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Supreme Court Rules in FBI v. Fazaga
The Supreme Court unanimously held that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not displace the state secrets privilege.
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In a unanimous decision issued on March 4, the Supreme Court ruled in FBI v. Fazaga that a provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not displace the state secrets privilege. The lawsuit was first brought by three Muslim men who claim they were targets of illegal FBI surveillance.
You can read the opinion here and below:
Rohini Kurup is a J.D. candidate at the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to law school, she worked as an associate editor of Lawfare and a research analyst at the Brookings Institution. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College.
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