It was about using META DATA as a tool for surveillance of potential terrorists, not what the NSA under Obama was doing, which I believe he would oppose.
Metadata was the camel’s nose under the tent...but NSA has Congress blackmailed so deeply at this point that the issue has become academic.
Plus the court is always stuck with the law congress passed. If congress passed crap then congress pass d crap. Not the courts responsibility to rewrite it
There is absolutely nothing innocent about metadata