And there are now a number of possibilities as to what that case might be, and the scope of the Court's judgment.
The unions representing guards and counselors at state facilities criticized the agency's new policy for exceeding the scope of the court's ruling.
Many high-ranking people in government and business had ties to the Khmer Rouge, which might be another reason why the government has tried to limit the scope of the court's investigations.
Judge Griesa's order is going to require the Court of Appeals to grapple with questions about the scope of the court's authority that it may not have fully considered earlier.
But this is partly because independent tribunals that were established to handle cases concerning the former Yugoslavia, Cambodia and other countries have naturally led to a reduction in the scope of the court's activities.
Barbara Olshansky, deputy legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a New York legal organization representing the Guantánamo detainees, said in an interview that lawyers would move quickly to test the scope of the court's ruling.
Its effect on the mathematics of last May's result was beyond the scope of the court to quantify, and where false registrations were concerned, Mawrey found that the number was "not large, certainly under 100".
And bailiffs evict, the police attend only to ensure public safety, so under what powers were the police acting, and was it beyond the scope of the court order?
Both raise questions about common police interrogation tactics and about the scope of the court's decision three years ago, in Dickerson v. United States, that reaffirmed and strengthened the Miranda precedent.
The broad scope of the court orders, and the nature of the procedures set out in the documents, appear to clash with assurances from President Obama and senior intelligence officials that the NSA could not access Americans' call or email information without warrants.
