(Thread:) So far as we know, #SCOTUS has never heard a #FISA appeal.
But the dispute pending in the FISA Court of Review over @ACLU's standing (& right) to seek public disclosure of secret FISC rulings could be a compelling candidate.
The problem is how to invoke #SCOTUS's JX:
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Just to nerd this into the ground, even if
#SCOTUS requested the record, that wouldn't establish that it took the case; the Justices often request lower-court records in _deciding_ whether to grant certiorari (or other forms of appellate relief). -
Oh, now there's a possibility I hadn't thought of. Which would explain why FISCR got authority of oversee compliance.
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