<story><title>Rand Paul wants to lead a Supreme Court challenge to Feds&apos; tracking of Americans</title><url>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/09/paul-wants-to-lead-supreme-court-challenge-to-fed-tracking-americans-calls/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>_delirium</author><text>Since he&amp;#x27;s a member of the Senate, a more direct route than the judicial branch would be to pursue legislative-branch solutions, such as introducing a bill to amend the FISA statute in a more civil-liberties-friendly manner.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wl</author><text>A supreme court case has benefits that legislation doesn&amp;#x27;t. If he can get a favorable decision for civil liberties, he could bind future congresses that may not be as friendly to civil liberties as he is. This also could be accomplished through a constitutional amendment, but a court case is far easier.</text></comment>
<story><title>Rand Paul wants to lead a Supreme Court challenge to Feds&apos; tracking of Americans</title><url>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/09/paul-wants-to-lead-supreme-court-challenge-to-fed-tracking-americans-calls/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>_delirium</author><text>Since he&amp;#x27;s a member of the Senate, a more direct route than the judicial branch would be to pursue legislative-branch solutions, such as introducing a bill to amend the FISA statute in a more civil-liberties-friendly manner.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Vivtek</author><text>That wouldn&amp;#x27;t be in the spirit of empty grandstanding at all!  You, sir, simply don&amp;#x27;t understand Ron Paul&amp;#x27;s strategy.</text></comment>