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Originally Posted by Nephythys

The NSA program has been ruled legal, much less constitutional, in 5 of the 11 federal courts.

Even domestically?

Every federal appellate court to rule on the question in other cases has affirmed the President’s authority to conduct signals intelligence programs, but only in regard to foreign and not domestic communications. On the other hand, FISA explicitly covers "electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence information" performed within the United States, and there is no court decision supporting the theory that the President's constitutional authority allows him to override statutory law. This was emphasized by fourteen constitutional law scholars, including the dean of Yale Law School and the former deans of Stanford Law School and the University of Chicago Law School