Judy Morris (@judymorrisforpeace)

SLEDGEHAMMER ALERT: Court Rules Warrantless Section 702 Searches Violated the Fourth Amendment #WarrantlessSearches #Section702 #FourthAmendment WOW, this is indeed a BIG BEAUTIFUL LEGAL VICTORY and thank you #ACLU and #EFF for your work in making this happen. “In a long-awaited ruling in United States v. Hasbajrami, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York last night held that warrantless queries — or searches — conducted under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act violated the Fourth Amendment.... This is a major constitutional ruling on one of the most abused provisions of FISA,” said Patrick Toomey, deputy director of ACLU’s National Security Project. “As the court recognized, the FBI's rampant digital searches of Americans are an immense invasion of privacy, and trigger the bedrock protections of the Fourth Amendment. Section 702 is long overdue for reform by Congress, and this opinion shows why.” The decision follows a groundbreaking 2019 ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which recognized that Section 702 queries of people in the United States are searches that trigger separate Fourth Amendment scrutiny." https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/court-rules-warrantless-section-702-searches-violated-the-fourth-amendment