So the president gets to appoint eight judges, handpicked, to decide what is and isn’t an invasion of privacy? Couldn’t he choose judges that would let him spy

So the president gets to appoint eight judges, handpicked, to decide what is and isn’t an invasion of privacy? Couldn’t he choose judges that would let him spy on his political enemies without blowback? I’m genuinely asking. The Politico article is really fuzzy about the appointments. I’m wondering if they even know the process themselves.