in this nation, and that's probably why republicans were so angry about the nuclear option, because it's judges that make the difference in people's rights. that's what happened in the '60s, that's what's happened throughout our history, and so, now the judicial branch will be the one that saves us. >> well, and that perfectly tees up today's judicial decision by a federal judge, who is not just a george w. bush appointee, a longtime republican operative, essentially, worked on republican committee staff on the hill, was doing stuff on sort of quashing iran contra investigation. i mean, he was a very controversial pick when he was picked, was seen by democrats as, you know, as a stalwart right-winger, and the decision today is pretty remarkable. >> it is, it is, but you know, republicans care about the fourth amendment, too, right? there are 130 co-sponsors of the usa freedom act, which is a bill that reform a lot of these problems. >> including representative sensenbrenner, co-author on the patriot act. >> that's right, he wrote the provision that the government is relying on to conduct this kind