So you’re saying the FISA court is merely a secret regular court, doing nothing that regular courts couldn’t do except for the secrecy. If that were the case we could do away with the FISC because regular courts normally seal proceedings for a variety of reasons. Great news.
The only problem is that you’re wrong. The FISA court is charged with oversight and approval of foreign intelligence gathering practices and actions of the NSA, and other intelligence organizations within the federal government. They don’t just approve warrants by any stretch of the imagination. And this court, unlike other courts, was created in response to, and with the mission of curbing, wide-ranging criminal abuses in intelligence gathering. And also unlike other courts, the judges on this court are all appointed by a single person – the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the US. So its different from other federal courts in how it is comprised, its focus and its mission. In other words, its completely different.
Oh, and judges can be fired. I don’t think its called that but its essentially the same thing – they can be removed for gross misconduct, corruption or criminal acts.
You get an A for confident assertion though.
