ACLU Statement on SCOTUS Decision on Muslim American Surveillance Case

LOS ANGELES - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a lower court ruling in FBI v Fazaga and sent the case back to the district court to rehear. The long-running case challenges the FBI’s secret operation in Irvine, California in 2006, targeting and surveilling Muslim Americans while exercising their right to worship freely.

In response, Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and counsel on the case, issued the following statement:

“We look forward to getting to the truth at the district court about how the FBI surveilled Muslim Americans and violated their constitutional right to practice their religion freely. The bottom line is the government’s attempt to evade accountability and have the case dismissed did not work.”