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    1. An attempt to revive the question of why the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has the power to unilaterally decide who sits on the FISA Court, by @DSafavianEsq and @arthurrizer. /1 townhall.com/columnists/davidsafavianandarthurrizer/2020/06/04/ben-franklin-fisa-and-the-publics-confidence-in-the-integrity-of-government-n2570033
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    After the Snowden leaks, I analyzed FISA court appointments and discovered that Chief Justice Roberts had stacked the court. All 11 of the FISA judges at that moment were Republican-selected judges. This is from my book Power Wars. /2
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      @SenBlumenthal proposed legislation to break up that concentrated power and ensure greater ideological diversity on who becomes a FISA Court judge, but the idea didn't get traction in that reform moment and faded away. /3
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