WASHINGTON – Sylvia Royce, a Washington, D.C., attorney, often represents unpopular clients, such as alleged terrorists, the type of clients in whom the government takes a special interest. And so, unsurprisingly, she became convinced about five years ago that she was a possible target of government surveillance.
In 2008, she joined a group of lawyers, journalists and organizations representing media, labor and human rights interests, in a constitutional challenge to amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear arguments on whether that lawsuit can go forward on the merits.
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