The Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to the NSA’s domestic surveillance program. The Electronic Privacy Information Center had asked the court to vacate an order from a judge in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The challenge hinged on the idea that the FISC had gone outside of its authority in granting the order. EPIC had filed the challenge directly with the Supreme Court rather than going through the lower courts. The group still maintains the order is illegal and that the NSA has the ability to compel Verizon to turn over millions of phone calls made every day.
Source: https://threatpost.com/supreme-court-refuses-to-consider-epic-challenge-to-nsa-surveillance/102950/