Monday, November 08, 2021

Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments In FISA And Muslim Surveillance

The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga. This case grows out of a suit for damages against FBI agents for discriminatory surveillance of Muslims in California. The issue for the Supreme Court is whether a provision in FISA displaces the state secrets privilege to allow the district court to move ahead in camera, rather than dismissing the claims. Here is the SCOTUS blog case page with links to all of the filings in the case. The arguments will be streamed live by the Court at 10:00 AM from this link. Al Jazeera has a lengthy report on the background of the case. When the transcript and audio of today's oral arguments become available, I will update this post with links.

UPDATE: Here are links to the transcript and audio of the oral arguments. AP reports on the oral arguments.