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No, it does not. The Fourth Amendment prevents "unreasonable searches and seizures" -- there is no explicit right to privacy in the US Constitution. The Supreme Court managed to find one, though (via a "penumbra of rights"), for a specific politicized purpose, but hasn't been willing to take it seriously otherwise.
There are a few current court cases against the NSA surveillance in the US, but none got anywhere so far.