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Supreme Court Denies EPIC Petition for Mandamus on the Telephony Metadata Program

By Marty Lederman

Published on November 18, 2013

Without comment or dissent. No surprise. As expected, then, the action turns to the several cases that have been filed in district court, two of which are being argued this week.

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EPIC, Litigation, Metadata, National Security Agency (NSA), Supreme Court (SCOTUS), Surveillance

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