Posted on 07/09/2013 10:31:19 AM PDT by ruralvoter
The chief judge of America’s most powerful secret court is a 64-year-old man who has said his path toward the law began in part when he was stopped by police in the early 1960s simply for being black, and who once said he became a lawyer to “make an impact on the quality of life for people of color in this country.”
Reggie Walton is the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, whose 11 members are appointed directly by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Revelations of broad spying by the National Security Agency have drawn unusual attention to the Court, which The New York Times reported Sunday “has created a secret body of law giving the National Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data.”
(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...
his path toward the law began in part when he was stopped by police in the early 1960s simply for being black”
...so now he feels it’s his job to screw over every white person he comes across. That’s not “racism”. That’s “social justice”.~sarc
My comment was specifically about his judicial behavior in FISA. At this point we don’t have enough information to make that type of charge one way or the other. We may never have access to that type of information.
Do you have any evidence that he views his job this way, or acts in this manner?
Hi ruralvoter, I hope you are well.
Something I’ve always wondered abou “FISA Courts”. Are they really courts? Are there opposing parties appearing before them? Is there due process? Do they act as an ombudsman, without opposing views? Hmmmm.
ping to important SCOTUS-related article
“Reggie Walton is the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, whose 11 members are appointed directly by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. “
Posting this article will perhaps prompt a good discussion about FISA.
I was going to say something about this clown being a rubber stamp for whatever the government wants, but that’s also true of most judges who will sign whatever the cops put in front of them. Otherwise we wouldn’t have something like 40,000 judge approved military style raids every year.
This is a very informative article. Thank you for posting.
You’re welcome
You have to throw SCOTUS a bone and make them feel involved in the tyrant’s scheme in order to keep any legal challenges to the activities at bay....
Good question, but the violation of the 6th [open courts] means that the charge cannot be disproved -- part of the reasoning about requiring courts to operate openly was so that this situation would never happen.
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