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As I understand it, that's not at issue here. The rulings of the circuit and district courts are binding on actors in their jurisdictions - the FISC can't (or at least, I didn't understand it to be legal for them to) come in and rule that conduct deemed unconstitutional by a circuit court on a particular actor (ie, the Second Circuit ruling on conduct by the NSA).


I'd imagine it's similar to how Circuit rulings are binding on the IRS. They only have to follow circuit rulings when the taxpayer resides there.




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