Reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC): Selection of Judges

Chu, Vivian S.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Surveillance;    Foreign fishing;    Espionage;   

RP-ID  :  R43534
RP-ID  :  R43534_2014May07

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report surveys the process of "designation," an alternative method used by Congress that allows current federal judges to serve temporarily on another federal court without undergoing a separate constitutional appointment. It explores how a reviewing court might evaluate the constitutionality of these proposals that would shift the authority to select Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) judges away from the Chief Justice alone, and vest it in other officials within the judicial, executive, and legislative branches.