part of the court s legitimacy is people not seeing the court in the way that people see the rest of the governing structures of this country now. it s not so clear that, you know, i think going forward, that sort of middle position, you know, it not so clear whether we ll have it. gary litman, you clerked for justice kennedy, who was, especially in his later years, more of a swing vote centrist, as arguably sandra day o connor became. but we re not going to see that kind of position right now on the cou the court, are we? i worked with justice kagan including at the court. and at the time, there was a sense that the two sides had to