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Fighting Global Surveillance: Lessons From The American Muslim Community, Danna Z. Elmasry
Fighting Global Surveillance: Lessons From The American Muslim Community, Danna Z. Elmasry
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The United States government has been spying on its citizens through a massive surveillance infrastructure that is unrestricted to a particular target or suspicion of wrongdoing. The statutory and regulatory authorities responsible for this infrastructure are sprawling and often secret. Built-in limitations and oversight mechanisms are riddled with loopholes or inaccessible due to exceedingly high thresholds. Litigation challenges to surveillance overreach often fail at standing. Under the current doctrine, plaintiffs must show that their own communications have been surveilled by a specific surveillance program. This Note contributes to surveillance reform by proposing a private right of action that sets the …