The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC),also called the FISA Court,is a U.S. federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is a United States federal law that establishes procedures for the surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence on domestic soil.
Damon Jerome Keith was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Keith died in office at age 96.
The J. Reuben Clark Law School is the graduate law school of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo,Utah. Founded in 1973,the school is named after J. Reuben Clark,a former U.S. Ambassador,Undersecretary of State,and general authority of the institution's sponsoring organization,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Dee Vance Benson was a Senior United States district judge and chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He was briefly a professional soccer player. He was nominated as judge by President George H. W. Bush on May 16,1991,and confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12,1991,receiving his commission on September 16,1991. In May 2004,Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Judge Benson to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a seven-year term.
John Deacon Bates is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in December 2001,and has adjudicated several cases directly affecting the office of the President. Bates served as Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts,from July 1,2013 to January 5,2015,after which he returned to full-time service as a District Judge.
Ann Louise Aiken is an American attorney and jurist in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,she has served as a state court judge of the Oregon circuit courts and worked in private legal practice. She is currently a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. She served as Chief Judge of the Court from February 1,2009 to January 31,2016.
The J. Reuben Clark Law Society is an organization of lawyers and law school students consisting of over 65 professional and 125 student chapters throughout the world. Named in honor of J. Reuben Clark,a former United States Ambassador to Mexico and Under Secretary of State,the society's membership is primarily composed of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,although there is no requirement that those in the society be church members. Alumni and students of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (BYU) are de facto members of the society.
Anne C. Conway is an American lawyer and Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She is a former judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
David Ogden Nuffer is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
Karin Johanna Immergut is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
James Robertson was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in June 2010. Robertson also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2002 until December 2005,when he resigned from that court in protest against warrantless wiretapping.
Monte Neil Stewart is the founding president of the Marriage Law Foundation,the former United States Attorney for Nevada,and a former Special Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to the Governor of Utah.
Michael Howard Simon is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Amos Louis Mazzant III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
David Charles Nye is an American lawyer and jurist who is the Chief United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. He was a state court judge for Idaho's Sixth District Court from 2007 to 2017,and before that spent twenty years in private practice in Idaho.
Ryan Douglas Nelson is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was previously nominated to become Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior,but was never confirmed.
Danielle Jo Forrest,formerly known as Danielle Jo Hunsaker,is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Forrest was an Oregon state court judge for the Washington County Circuit Court from 2017 to 2019.
Joshua Michael Kindred is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.
