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Publius points out that there may be an opportunity for a massive class action suit against the telecoms for voluntarily participating in the N.S.A. eavesdropping on American citizens.

That leads to a very interesting question for you law nerds out there – could Verizon (or other private telecoms) be sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983? Or maybe 1985? If so, could this potentially be the biggest federal civil rights class action suit in the history of man? If you want the telecoms out of the spying business for good, I think a few million class action complaints might do the trick. It would certainly be more effective than appeals to privacy and liberty.

Now, wouldn't that be an interesting law suit?