because they feel consciously that this is the right thing to do, in protest of what they were defending once. they assumed this is a case closed now. with the president issuing one tweet, all of this is rehashed. >> help me out on the law here. my understanding is the judge is saying this is on a technicality. when you leave a case, you have to provide a reason. when they go public with their reason, that might undermine their case. >> i know this judge. i grew up with him at the southern district. we were prosecutors together. like you, john, he's no nonsense and gets right to it. what the doj was trying to do was put a band-aid on a gaping credibility wound that it self-inflicted. the supreme court when they came down with the ruling said we don't believe the reasons you the administration have given us. and it's gotten worse in the