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. That is one that makes sense. They do not have the resources to monitor the things that they are ask...