Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
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Clapper v. Amnesty International USA is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether plaintiffs had standing to challenge the constitutionality of government surveillance conducted under the FISA Amendments Act.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clapper v. Amnesty International USA canonical | 4 |
| Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, et al. v. Amnesty International USA et al. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126397 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clapper v. Amnesty International USA Context triple: [FISA Amendments Act of 2008, subjectOfCase, Clapper v. Amnesty International USA]
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A.
United States v. Edward Snowden
United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
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B.
United States v. Julian Assange
United States v. Julian Assange is a high-profile U.S. criminal case against WikiLeaks’ founder over the publication of classified government documents, raising major debates about press freedom, national security, and whistleblowing.
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C.
United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
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D.
County of Allegheny v. ACLU
County of Allegheny v. ACLU is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the interpretation of the Establishment Clause by addressing the constitutionality of religious holiday displays on government property.
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E.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clapper v. Amnesty International USA Target entity description: Clapper v. Amnesty International USA is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether plaintiffs had standing to challenge the constitutionality of government surveillance conducted under the FISA Amendments Act.
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A.
United States v. Edward Snowden
United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
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B.
United States v. Julian Assange
United States v. Julian Assange is a high-profile U.S. criminal case against WikiLeaks’ founder over the publication of classified government documents, raising major debates about press freedom, national security, and whistleblowing.
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C.
United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
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D.
County of Allegheny v. ACLU
County of Allegheny v. ACLU is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the interpretation of the Establishment Clause by addressing the constitutionality of religious holiday displays on government property.
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E.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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legal case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
national security law
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surveillance and privacy law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 2012-10-29 ⓘ |
| citation |
133 S. Ct. 1138
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185 L. Ed. 2d 264 ⓘ 568 U.S. 398 ⓘ |
| concernsStatute |
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2013-02-26 ⓘ |
| defendant |
James R. Clapper
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surface form:
James R. Clapper Jr.
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| defendantRole | Director of National Intelligence ⓘ |
| dissentingJustices |
Elena Kagan
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy | Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 11-1025 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, et al. v. Amnesty International USA et al.
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| holding |
Alleged future injuries from surveillance were too speculative to constitute an injury in fact.
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Plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to challenge Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. ⓘ |
| issue | Whether respondents had Article III standing to seek prospective relief against surveillance under Section 702 of FISA. ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Fourth Amendment
constitutional law ⓘ federal jurisdiction ⓘ standing ⓘ surveillance law ⓘ |
| lowerCourt | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ |
| lowerCourtHolding | Respondents had standing to challenge the FISA Amendments Act. ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Elena Kagan ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
Amnesty International
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surface form:
Amnesty International USA
human rights organizations ⓘ journalists ⓘ lawyers representing terrorism suspects ⓘ media organizations ⓘ |
| result | Judgment of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. ⓘ |
| sectionAtIssue | 50 U.S.C. § 1881a ⓘ |
| shortName | Clapper v. Amnesty International USA self-link ⓘ |
| vote | 5-4 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Clapper v. Amnesty International USA Description of subject: Clapper v. Amnesty International USA is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed whether plaintiffs had standing to challenge the constitutionality of government surveillance conducted under the FISA Amendments Act.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
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fullName
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Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, et al. v. Amnesty International USA et al.
subject surface form:
FISA Amendments Act of 2008