The American Civil Liberties Union in conjunction with the New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the US government. The suit alleges that the National Security Agency's phone monitoring program violates the groups' first and fourth amendment constitutional rights violating freedom of speech, freedom of press, as well as unreasonable search and seizure. Both groups are Verizon customers, and the belief is that the groups rights are being violated by the sweeping nature of the monitoring program.
