▁Revol t ," ▁which ▁began ▁several ▁years ▁ago ; ▁however , ▁it ▁gained ▁power ▁amid ▁mount ing ▁public ▁anger ▁about ▁government ▁surve ill ance ▁capabilities ▁after ▁the ▁NS A ▁dis clos ures . ▁ ▁Law su its ▁In ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁the ▁NS A ▁le aks , ▁conserv ative ▁public ▁interest ▁lawyer ▁and ▁Jud icial ▁Watch ▁founder ▁Larry ▁K lay man ▁file d ▁a ▁law suit ▁claim ing ▁that ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁had ▁un law fully ▁collected ▁metadata ▁for ▁his ▁tele phone ▁calls ▁and ▁was ▁har ass ing ▁him ▁( see ▁K lay man ▁v . ▁Ob ama ), ▁and ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁Libert ies ▁Union ▁( AC L U ) ▁file d ▁a ▁law suit ▁against ▁Director ▁of ▁National ▁Int elligence ▁James ▁Cla pper ▁alleg ing ▁that ▁the ▁NS A ' s ▁phone ▁records ▁program ▁was ▁un const itution al ▁( see ▁A CL U ▁v . ▁Cla pper ). ▁Once ▁the ▁judge ▁in ▁each ▁case ▁had ▁issued ▁r ul ings ▁seem ingly ▁at ▁odd s ▁with ▁one ▁another , ▁Gary ▁Sch mitt ▁( former ▁staff ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Senate ▁Select ▁Committee ▁on ▁Int elligence ) ▁wrote ▁in ▁The ▁Week ly ▁Standard , ▁" The ▁two ▁dec isions ▁have ▁generated ▁public ▁confusion ▁over ▁the ▁constitution ality ▁of ▁the ▁NS A ' s ▁data ▁collection ▁program — a ▁kind ▁of ▁jud icial ▁' he - sa id , ▁she - sa id ' ▁st ando ff ." ▁ ▁State ▁govern ments ▁ ▁Legisl ators ▁in ▁several ▁states ▁introduced ▁b ills ▁based ▁upon