Although the laws aim at foreign threats, they open Americans to surveillance in possible disregard of Fourth Amendment guarantees against “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Both liberals and conservatives fear invasion of privacy and rise of a Big Data police state. Defenders of the programs, Both Republican and Democrat, Say they infringe on no rights and are essential to fight terrorism. They deplore the outing of the programs and argue that all conform to law. Congress reauthorized FISA in 2012 with scarcely and claims is kept informed. President Obama, a former professor of constitutional law, said: “You can’t have 100 percent security also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We’re going to have to make some choices as a society.” It was a perfect case for Supreme Court review.