{"id":376,"date":"2018-01-22T20:35:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ielrblog.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2018-01-22T20:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:35:19","slug":"latest-u-s-v-microsoft-microsoft-files-respondent-brief-still-amici-curiae-weigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ielrblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/22\/latest-u-s-v-microsoft-microsoft-files-respondent-brief-still-amici-curiae-weigh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest on U.S. v Microsoft: Microsoft Files Respondent Brief, Still More Amici Curiae Weigh In"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, January 11, Microsoft filed its brief<\/a> in the U.S. v Microsoft <\/em>case set to go before the Supreme Court in the 2017-2018 term. The central question in the case is whether the Stored Communications Act allows the U.S. government to compel an electronic services provider, through a probable-cause-based warrant, to disclose electronic communications stored abroad. \u00a0For further background on this case, see our past coverage on the IELR Blog here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft argues that Congress did not envision the Stored Communications Act to apply overseas. In 1986, when the statute was enacted, it was unimaginable that one day governments could secure data from overseas rapidly and inexpensively. Under the presumption against extraterritoriality established by Supreme Court precedent, legislation does not apply extraterritorially unless Congress clearly states or intends otherwise. Thus, the SCA has no extraterritorial application.<\/p>\n

According to Microsoft, a warrant that compels the copying and importation of electronic communications stored overseas is an impermissible application of the SCA. The government argues that it is seeking a domestic application of the warrant, because the ultimate disclosure of the emails would occur in the U.S. But the SCA protects the security of \u201ccommunications in electronic storage,\u201d not \u201cdisclosure.\u201d Thus, the Court should interpret the statute to apply to \u201cdomestically stored communications,\u201d not \u201cdomestic disclosures of communications.\u201d It follows that a warrant seeking to compel the disclosure of communications stored <\/em>abroad (regardless of where they are ultimately disclosed) is extraterritorial.<\/p>\n

Microsoft then scrutinizes the Government\u2019s claim that \u201ca person who complies with a subpoena [cannot] become a government agent simply by collecting and producing evidence in its possession.\u201d Microsoft denounces the claim as misleading; the act of copying and disclosing the email content to the Government would involve the execution of a warrant, not a subpoena.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Microsoft cites the \u201cinternational discord\u201d over the case as confirmation\u201d that \u201cthe warrant entails an impermissible extraterritorial application of the SCA.\u201d Indeed, U.S. v. Microsoft <\/em>is unusual for the amount of interest and input it has generated from foreign governments, companies, non-profits, and individuals. In a blog post<\/a> \u00a0published on January 19, 2018, Microsoft\u2019s President and Chief Legal Officer, Brad Smith, noted that thus far 23 amicus briefs by 289 entities and from 37 countries have been submitted in support of Microsoft. \u00a0Even more striking is the sheer range of political ideologies among the supporters. U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Christopher Coons (D-DE), the Chamber of Commerce, the ACLU, Vox Media and Fox News are among the domestic supporters.<\/p>\n

See the full list of signatories\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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