{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://nadler.house.gov/press-release/rep-nadler-applauds-judge-leons-ruling-nsa", "Rep. Nadler Applauds Judge Leon's Ruling on the NSA", "2013-12-16", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Jerrold Nadler", "N000002", "nadler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Nadler Applauds Judge Leon's Ruling on the NSA                                            \r\n              Dec 16, 2013      \t\t  Issues: Civil Liberties      \t    \r\n      \t            \r\n                    \r\n                                            \r\n          \r\n        \r\n        \r\n            \n    \n  \n    \n    \n    WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, released the following statement:\n\u201cI applaud today\u2019s ruling by Judge Richard Leon that the dragnet surveillance by the NSA of data from all phone calls in the U.S. likely violates the Fourth Amendment\u2019s protection of privacy.\n\u201cI have long argued that the bulk collection program violates the Constitution.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the government was able to hide behind a wall of secrecy to avoid scrutiny of its actions.\u00a0 This decision shows the difference between a properly functioning federal court and the FISA court, which acts in secret and only hears the government\u2019s side of the case. I look forward to a full airing of the important constitutional issues in this case.\n\u201cCalling the bulk collection of data \u2018Orwellian,\u2019\u00a0the court reiterated that \u2018a warrantless search is generally unreasonable unless based on some quantum of individualized suspicion.\u2019\u00a0As a result, Judge Leon found that \u2018plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of showing that their privacy interests outweigh the Government\u2019s interest in collecting and analyzing bulk telephony metadata and therefore the NSA\u2019s bulk collection program is indeed an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.\u2019\u00a0\n\u201cThe Administration should immediately reign in these unconstitutional surveillance programs.\u201d\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://nadler.house.gov/press-release/rep-nadler-applauds-judge-leons-ruling-nsa"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.451679039746523, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}