Federal judge dismisses government surveillance suit for lack of standing

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official website] granted summary judgment [opinion, PDF] Monday in favor of the government in CCR v. Obama [case materials], ruling that the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) [advocacy website] lacked standing to challenge the legality of information obtained by Bush-era warrantless surveillance programs [JURIST news archive]. CCR argued that the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP) and Protect America Act (POA) [S 1927 materials], which allowed the National…