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>> it's a big deal. it's a great ruling. we've been waiting for it for a long time now. it's a case that we filed right after the first snowden disclosures. this was the first program that was disclosed. >> this was the big bombshell one that said, hey, by way, they keep going to your cell phone providers and saying give us everyone's call records. >> every day, every day they got from all the major telecommunications providers a list of, you know, essentially this log of who you called and when you called them, how long you spoke to them for and they have that for everybody, not just suspecte...

Everyone's call records. >> every day, every day they got from all the major telecommunications providers a list of you know essentially this log of who you called and when you called them how long you spoke to them for and they have that for everybody, not just suspected terrorists or suspected criminals, everybody. and we challenged the lawfulness of that program. both on statutory grounds and on constitutional grounds. and the ruling today is a ruling that the program violates the statute. in other words the law doesn't authorize the government to collect information on this scale. so it's,...

>> and 60 percent want it repealed or fixed or changed, which is significant. 60 percent repeal it in full or in part. only 18 percent want to expand it. so you are saying, this extra year gives the republicans plenty of time to go after it and hammer it over the next year and make it more unpopular? that's why you are saying the republicans win on this one? >>guest: well, i am saying that is a reason but if you think the law should be repealed on constitutional grounds and you want the opinion accepted, you are in a much better place if this law isn't fast tracked and overturned and seen as o...