US courts can't seem to agree on whether its mass surveillance actions governmentof the US is against the law or not.
One thing is certain: the White House did not like the recent decision, a federal judge who wanted the US National Security Service to violate the fourth amendment for data protection.
It was reported for the first time by the Reuters Agency that the US Department of Justice appealed on Friday in an attempt to overturn the decision that the collection of telephone metadata was unconstitutional.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon in December called her data collection an “indistinct and arbitrary invasion” in the private lives of Americans.
But the point where things start to get complicated, revealing the different interpretation of the law and the White House finger is when another judge ruled in favor of the NSA data collection program. U.S. District Attorney William Pauley said the government's efforts to collect all kinds of data are "an important tool" against terrorism and are within the bounds of U.S. law.
What is certain is that at some point the Supreme Court will be involved, which will have to take on the responsibility, which the government does not take on, without being influenced by it. The three powers (legislative, executive and judicial), after all, in order for there to be a Democracy, must be independent;