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FISA appeals court
Via RRE: the SF Gate covers the existence of the FISA appeals court. This is the court which Bamford pointed out is the only court in the United States which has never heard a case. It will meet for the first time soon in order to hear its first-ever case. If only the session weren't secret and if only people other than the U.S. Justice Department could attend it, it would be very interesting to hear the oral argument.
But oral argument has got to be really different when you don't have to argue against anybody. You would think that the FISA law would at least have appointed some kind of office of advocati diaboli who would be responsible for arguing against the DOJ. (One obvious choice would be to permit the Federal Public Defender, say, for the District of Columbia to come in and argue against the DOJ. Or to allow the Federal Public Defenders of all districts to form a committee. Or just to appoint a special counsel responsible for trying to rebut the DOJ's arguments. But no, it's just the DOJ and the judges. And you'll never get to hear what the DOJ has to say in its defense.)
