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Unconstitutional FISA (4)
Part 3 is brief, dealing with enactment of FISA. FISA SECTION 702: AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL INFRINGEMENT OF EXECUTIVE POWER III. HISTORY OF THE…
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Unconstitutional FISA (1)
I've found a law journal article that explains the constitutional status of FISA quite well. What I'll do is paste the article into this blog in…
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Unconstitutional FISA (2)
We now move on to an historical survey of early American constitutional thinking on national security and the executive power. FISA SECTION 702: AN…
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Unconstitutional FISA (3)
Here we arrive in the historical survey at repeated affirmations by federal courts in the years shortly before FISA was enacted. Those were affirmations…
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Unconstitutional FISA (6)
Professor Turner concludes. Here are the key questions as they appear to me. Is the solution to the problems associated with FISA "reform"? More better…
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Unconstitutional FISA (5)
Part 4 focuses on the harm that FISA can, and has, caused. The example the author examines is the Moussaoui case. In that case, of course, FISA hindered…
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FISA: The Real Choices
I hope I'm not beating a dead horse here, repeating myself. I've been putting forward the views of Angelo Codevilla, Professor Turner, and the late…
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UPDATED: The Bolton Leak
Obviously the substance of the leaked portions of Bolton's book, as reported by the NYT, amounts to much ado about nothing. As always . Like all the…
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FISA And The Constitution
ADMIN: Substack has unilaterally changed the formatting for hyperlinks—a real aggravation to me. They used to be blue, but now are simply underlined…
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UPDATED: FISC Order In View Of OIG FISA Report Findings
Today the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) issued a rare public order in response to OIG's FISA report which detailed FBI bad behavior in…
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UPDATED: FISA: Reform Or Abolish?
Commenter Forbes has brought to my attention a new article by Angelo Codevilla on the subject of FISA.
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The FISA Double Standard
I refer, of course, to Chuck Ross' fine article, FBI Agents Pushed For A FISA To Investigate Foreign Government Targeting Hillary Clinton . Ross is…
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