No checks. No balances. No hearings. No due process.
The Soviet legal system was less rigged than this.
There is yet another oddity in Saturdays release, but of unknown relevance: The dates in the applications and warrants were redacted. Why? One possibility: The dates of the verification of the applications coincide with (or near) the dates the FISA court issued the surveillance orders, demonstrating that the judges served as a mere rubber stamp on the requests and did not do a thorough review of the information.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/07/23/10-key-takeaways-released-fisa-warrants-carter-page/