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Re:Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NS... by cpleppert on Friday July 05, 2013 @02:43PM (#5996167)
>>Not only could Congress pass a law recalling any FISC judge

I'm not sure this would be constitutional. Courts have rules that the term limits on FISA judges don't impact their standing as regular article III judges. Arbitrary removal almost certainly would.

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Re:Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NS... by tptacek on Friday July 05, 2013 @02:45PM (#5996179)
They can't remove federal judges from the federal bench.
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