Warrantless Section 702 searches violate Constitution, court rules
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled warrantless searches under the Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act violate the Fourth Amendment in the case of United States v. Hasbajrami, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The case centers around several queries made during an investigation years ago and comes after a higher court determined Section 702 queries of people in the U.S.