Though Congress put a damper this summer on legal efforts to prove the Bush administration unlawfully spied on Americans’ phone calls and e-mails, flagship litigation in the Northern District of California will still proceed.

Chief Judge Vaughn Walker laid out a briefing schedule at a hearing Friday for In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, MDL 06-1791 — the consolidated suits against the government and numerous telecommunications giants like AT&T, Verizon and Sprint.

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