FISC started in 1978 under Jimmy Carter.  They've been spying on us a lot longer than the Patriot Act - that just put spying on steroids. In a July 2013 interview, Senator Ron Wyden described the FISC warrant process as "the most one-sided legal process in the United States. I don't know of any other legal system or court that really doesn't highlight anything except one point of view", he said. Later in the interview he said Congress should seek to "diversify some of the thinking on the court". Let's see how Sen. Wyden (D) votes now if Gohmert is successful in getting this brought for a vote...