Klayman v. Obama
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Klayman v. Obama, 957 F.Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C., 2013), was a decision by the United States District Court for District of Columbia finding that the National Security Agency's (NSA) bulk phone metadata collection program was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.[1] The ruling was later overturned on jurisdictional grounds, leaving the constitutional implications of NSA surveillance unaddressed.[2]
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Klayman v. Obama | |
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Court | United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
Decided | December 16, 2013 |
Defendant(s) | Klayman I: Verizon Communications, President Barack Obama, NSA director (General Keith B. Alexander), Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr., US District Judge Roger Vinson; Klayman II: Facebook, Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, YouTube, AOL, PalTalk, Skype, Sprint, AT&T, Apple and the same government defendants as in Klayman I |
Holding | |
Warrantless telecommunications surveillance is not permitted under the Fourth Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Richard J. Leon |
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