Supreme Court Rejects Warrantless Wiretapping Lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected advocates' challenge of a law allowing federal authorities to snoop on American citizens' international communications.

In a 5-4 decision split along ideological lines, the court decided the plaintiffs, which included the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International and other activists, journalists and lawyers, lacked standing to sue the Director of National Intelligence over a 2008 amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Services Act (FISA) because they couldn't prove they have been harmed by the law.

Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, rejected the challengers' argument that the law would violate their Fourth Amendment…
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