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… Identifies potential legal questions related to a range of Congressional proposals introduced post-§ 215 to alter FISC/FISCR: public advocates, amicus curiae, en banc panels, voting rules, selection of FISC/FISCR judges; …

… Considers the legal nature of the office of a public advocate, Article II’s Appointments Clause, and Article III restrictions. … ANDREW NOLAN ET AL., CONG. RES. SERV., R43260, REFORM OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE …

… Addresses host of bills designed to make procedural and operational changes to FISC including amicus curiae, en banc proceedings, voting rules requiring between 60 and 100% of the judges to concur. … ANDREW NOLAN & RICHARD …

… “FISA contains both a notice clause as well as an exclusionary procedure for illegally seized electronic surveillance” but “[t]he telling absence of grand juries from Section 1806(c) allows the government to introduce FISA …

… Defendant’s “sixth amendment rights were not violated by counsel's inability to discuss the FISA materials.” 2010 WL 5776532, at *3. … United States v. Jamal, Nos. CIV 09–0332–PHX–FJM (DKD), CR 03–0261–1–PHX–FJM, 2010 WL …

… Holding that the FISA statute meets Fourth amendment constitutional requirements. 835 F.2d at 1075. The Court further found that the application for surveillance was made properly, with the primary purpose being to gather …