Reply #10: You have a passel of questions there.

[Justice Is Comin]

1. I believe his legislation is being drawn for the sole purpose to force Bush and Gonzalez to the FISA Court for a ruling. Since the program is classified, we would not be privy to the details of testimony. But once the court has taken evidence on the Bush claim for authority, they would reach a conclusion as to whether their court was circumvented illegally or not, and that I believe is the sole most important fact Specter is wanting to have adjudicated. That is the decision they would advise him of.

2. Since this is a special dedicated court, there would not be a typical appeal issue. This is the only court who would have irrefutable jurisdiction to know whether their own guidelines were violated.

3. Yes, I totally believe we can trust the FISA Court. They have already given signals that they were furious. One judge you recall, even quit.

4. Think about it, who else has done ANYTHING to further this investigation, to give Russ Feingold an opportunity at Gonzalez, to state that Frist has no say either even though he was briefed because he is not a "judicial" expert? Specter is a lawyer and he just wants to have case law supporting or refuting. It is not a clear enough case legally yet because this is a first test of the FISA law since it was modified. It is muddied up by Gonzalez as much as possible by claiming AUMF as well as "inherent authority." Specter is wanting to get legal grounds for ramping up justification for breaking the law or following a course to change the law to bring it current with present technologies and surveillance demands. The Court is going to be the last word as to which he goes.