A federal appeals court ruled last year that a lawsuit filed by lawyers, journalists and human rights groups objecting to the latest version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act could proceed. But the Obama administration appealed, and the justices said Monday they will take up the case in the fall.
The lawsuit was brought by those in jobs that require them to speak with people overseas who are possible targets of the surveillance.
No court has ruled on the merits of the lawsuit. The current legal fight is over whether the law's challengers are entitled to make their case in federal court.
TWINS CONCEIVED AFTER DAD'S DEATH WON'T GET BENEFITS
The Supreme Court also ruled Monday a man's children who were born through artificial insemination after his death cannot get Social Security survivor benefits.
The high court on Monday unanimously ruled that twins born to Robert Capato's surviving wife Karen did not qualify under the survivor benefits law.
The Capato twins were conceived using frozen sperm and born 18 months after their father died of esophageal cancer. The Social Security Administration rejected their survivor benefits application, saying that to qualify Robert Capato needed to be alive during their conception. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that decision, saying the Capato twins were clearly the biological children of Robert Capato and deserved the survivor benefits.
The high court, in a decision written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, threw out that ruling.
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