Second Circuit Bulk Collection Decision (link roundup)
The Opinion: pdf (110 pages)
News Reports:
NSA Program on Phone Records is Illegal, Court Rules – Washington Post
NSA Phone Program is Illegal, Appeals Court Rules – Wall Street Journal
Audio Summary for Laypersons: Professor William McGeveran on Wisconsin public radio (approx. 10 minutes)
Analysis and Opinion:
Second Circuit Rules that Section 215 Does Not Authorize Telephony Bulk Collection Program – Marty Lederman at Just Security
Second Circuit Rules, Mostly Symbolically, that Current Text of Section 215 Doesn’t Authorize Bulk Surveillance – Orin Kerr in the Washington Post
Court Backs Snowden, Strikes Secret Laws – Noah Feldman at BloombergView
Background Legal Paper by an Attorney for one of the Amici Curiae: Bulk Metadata Collection: Statutory and Constitutional Considerations by Laura Donohue (2013)(pdf download at the link)
Impact on Patriot Act Section 215 Status/Sunset:
How the Second Circuit’s Decision Changes the Legislative Game – Liza Goiten at LawFare
The Second Circuit and the Politics of Surveillance Reform – Steve Vladeck at Just Security
Related:
If the Supreme Court Tackles the NSA in 2015, It’ll be One of these Five Cases – The Hill