He was nominated to the federal bench on March 19, 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, and confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 1987
Lamberth’s been in the news at least a couple of times:
The internal debate at the Justice Department and F.B.I. over wiretap surveillance of terrorist groups ignited in March, prompted by questions raised by Royce C. Lamberth, the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a little- known panel that decides whether to approve Justice Department applications to permit wiretaps and clandestine searches in espionage and international terror cases.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/690732/posts
He was also involved with missing White House emails and Al Gore:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=20738
Also, Mother Jones characterized him as a Clinton basher here:
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/01/hillarys-hero-judge-royce-lamberth.html
The other two judges were put on the bench by Bush43 and Clinton42. But they are still obstructing FREE speech in a manner that is totally inconsistent. He LAUGHED at their claims that it was like 60 minutes.
SeeBS is in the pocket of the DNC.
If this holds, Rush and talk radio will be the next to be prosecuted. Meanwhile NPR will continue to spin in violation of the 501c3 tax status.