3.0.0 877 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z 2023-01-11T13:19:22Z Senate S S 2009-04-23 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-23T18:46:41Z 2009-04-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4680) IntroReferral 2009-04-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4679-4680) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N Law Constitution and constitutional amendments Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Judicial review and appeals Supreme Court Terrorism Law 00 2009-04-23 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-12T14:44:12Z Requires review by the Supreme Court of appeals of interlocutory or final judgments, decrees, or court orders challenging the legality or constitutionality of: (1) the President's Surveillance Program (Terrorist Surveillance Program); (2) certain statutory defenses for the protection of persons assisting the federal government with information, or access to it, including communication contents, communications records, or other information relating to a customer or communication; and (3) any intelligence activity involving communications that was authorized by the President during a specified period.

Requires the Supreme Court to advance on the docket any such appeal and expedite it to the greatest extent possible.

]]> A bill to provide for the non-discretionary Supreme Court review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities. Display Title A bill to provide for the non-discretionary Supreme Court review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities. Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the non-discretionary Supreme Court review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2009-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s877is/xml/BILLS-111s877is.xml 2009-04-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4680) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.