> The FISC is called a rubber stamp because they almost never reject requests for a warrant.
Given that they initially provide feedback when they have problems rather than outright rejection, and that the government can, if it isn't willing or able to address the feedback, simply withdraw the application, its not entirely surprising that they don't issue rejections, per se, nor does that necessarily indicate that they are acting as a rubber stamp.
We'd probably get a better picture of whether they were a rubber stamp if they were required to give a rejection with comments if the application wasn't sufficient on its face, and we had statistics on that.
Given that they initially provide feedback when they have problems rather than outright rejection, and that the government can, if it isn't willing or able to address the feedback, simply withdraw the application, its not entirely surprising that they don't issue rejections, per se, nor does that necessarily indicate that they are acting as a rubber stamp.
We'd probably get a better picture of whether they were a rubber stamp if they were required to give a rejection with comments if the application wasn't sufficient on its face, and we had statistics on that.