Part 3 is brief, dealing with enactment of FISA. FISA SECTION 702: AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL INFRINGEMENT OF EXECUTIVE POWER III. HISTORY OF THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FISA As the nation emerged from the divisive and angry debates over the Vietnam War, 54 Congress decided to ignore the constitutional separation of powers and usurp some of the President’s constitutional power for itself. In explaining the significance of the FISA bill during a 1976 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Gaylord Nelson characterized it as “an agreement between this Congress and this President”
Unconstitutional FISA (4)
Unconstitutional FISA (4)
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 UNCONSTITUTIONAL FISA As the nation emerged from the divisive and angry debates over the Vietnam War, 54 Congress decided to ignore the constitutional separation of powers and usurp some of the President’s constitutional power for itself. In explaining the significance of the FISA bill during a 1976 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Gaylord Nelson characterized it as “an agreement between this Congress and this President”