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Is that the way you see it? >> it is, senator. if i were to start telling you which were my favorite precedents or least favorite precedents or viewed precedents in that fashion i would be tipping my hand and suggesting to litigants i already made up my mind about their case. thats not a fair judge. i didnt want that kind of judge when i was a lawyer and i dont want to be that kind of judge now and made a vow to myself i wouldnt be. thats the fairness problem and the independence problem. if it ...

Future litigants. is that the way you see it? >> it is, senator. if i were to start telling you which are my favorite precedents or which are my least favorite precedents or if i view precedent in that fashion, i would be tipping my hand and suggesting to litigants that ive already made up my mind about their cases. thats not a fair judge. i didnt want that kind of judge when i was a lawyer. and i dont want to be that kind of judge now. i made a vow to myself i wouldnt be. thats the fairness pro...

>> i think its true that american support the notion of having a better vetting and -- safety. maria: for sure. >> the problem is having a fairness problem. they support doing this across the board not targeting specific places and specific people. >> but what we know is that isis has made very strong claims that theyre going to infiltrate the syrian refugee program to the point where they want to import their terrorism. maria: they have a passport-making machine. awe want to get back to preside...

What theyre really thinking? >> i dont think so at all. i think the obama campaign works hard and worries every day about where this is going. the whole lesson in politics is you cant take anything for granted. that doesnt mean you and i cant sit here and talk about the weaknesses of mitt romney who is short of some malign turn of events will have a hard time winning this election. hes got a character problem. hes got a flip-flop problem. hes got a jobs problem. hes got a fairness problem. those...