CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings August 28, 2014
Addressed this issue. Inocating an amicus role certain cases at the discretion of the court. That seems to me like a reasonable way to increase Public Confidence in the work of the court. The work of the court is necessarily classified, much of it. It is not a secret court. We know the court exists. We know who is on it. It does operate much of the time in a classified environment because information being presented is classified. One weighed to build additional trust is to have an amicus role. ...
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