WHAT DOESFISC and FISA mean? and why is this so relevant to the U.S. Supreme Court and specifically Chief Justice John Roberts?
FISC
The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)
also called the FISA Court, is a U.S. federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
FISA was created by the U.S. Congress based on the recommendations of the Senate's Church Committee, which was convened in 1975 to investigate illicit activities and civil rights abuses by the federal intelligence community.[1] Pursuant to the law, the FISC reviews requests to conduct physical and electronic surveillance within the U.S. concerning "foreign intelligence information" between "foreign powers" and "agents of foreign powers" suspected of espionage or terrorism; such requests are made most often by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
From its opening in 1978 until 2009, the court was housed on the sixth floor of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building;[2][3] since 2009, it has been relocated to the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C.[2][3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court
FISA
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
of 1978 (FISA, Pub. L. 95–511, 92 Stat. 1783, 50 U.S.C. ch. 36) is a United States federal law that establishes procedures for the surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence on domestic soil.[1]
FISA was enacted in response to revelations of widespread privacy violations by the federal government under president Richard Nixon.
It requires federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to obtain authorization for gathering "foreign intelligence information" between "foreign powers" and "agents of foreign powers" suspected of espionage or terrorism.[2] The law established the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants.
Although FISA was initially limited to government use of electronic surveillance, subsequent amendments have broadened the law to regulate other intelligence-gathering methods, including physical searches, pen register and trap and trace (PR/TT) devices, and compelling the production of certain types of business records.[1]
FISA has been repeatedly amended since the September 11 attacks, with several added provisions garnering political and public controversy due to privacy concerns.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act
Chief Justice John Roberts Appointed Every Judge on the FISA Court
Is that too much power for one person?
https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/72339/chief-justice-john-roberts-appointed-every-judge-fisa-court
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