Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by jackfoxy on Friday February 02, 2024 @07:22PM
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Nor should it be in our republic. There is no national security override to our rights in the Constitution.
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Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday February 02, 2024 @07:59PM
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SCOTUS has already decided that these courts and the things they "permit" do not violate your rights.
So there's that.
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by ProllyInfamous on Friday February 02, 2024 @08:54PM
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Just FYI, the selector of the FISA Court Justices is the Chief Justice of SCOTUS. The SCOTUS Chief Justice is selected by the President [with Senate confirmation].
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by qeternity on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:22AM
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And the President is elected by the people…
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by defrost on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:25AM
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by a weighted selection of the people who have very little say in which candidates are put forward.
Or was there an implied /s there?
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday February 03, 2024 @10:41AM
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Actually, for the last couple of decades, the primary process in both parties has become very open. There isn't even a requirement to be some sort of formal member of a political party, you only have to be registered (and in some states not even that).
There's a widespread conception that candidates are picked via meetings in smoke filled back rooms - that used to be true, but it isn't true (certainly not in the same way) anymore. Read up on the stories of various "insurgent" candidates in both parties over the last 20 years - the common element is organizing and campaigning so that primary voters actually check the box for you.
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by autoexec on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:57PM
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Didn't the democratic party just outright state that they could choose who they wanted without any input from the people and had no obligation to run a fair primary election? They went to court to defend their right to keep choosing candidates picked via meetings in smoke filled back rooms
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by whythre on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:00PM
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I mean, they also gave us the Dred Scott ruling too. The courts sometimes make the exact wrong ruling.
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by yieldcrv on Friday February 02, 2024 @11:32PM
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We need to bring back constitutional amendments, cmon people we can do this
Re:New Super Secret Surveillance Court Covering Old Super Se...
by StanislavPetrov on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:35PM
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A valuable reminder that all three branches of government are worthless, not just the executive and the congressional.