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about judicial independence because of judicial independence, regardless of how it is written, and it is written very politely, is kind of a smack in the face. and i do think it demonstrates the extent to which the court has grown so powerful, and so above any realistic checks on its authority, that it can just look at congress and say essentially, no, i don't have to answer to you for any reason. even though constitutionally that just is not the case, checks and balances go both ways. it is both the core reviewing legislation from congress, but also congress having the right to say to the court, we need to speak to you, and you need to come to us. >> you know, when the censures of committee first started talking about getting the chief up there to talk about the ethics situation at the supreme court, i said at the time, the chief has a problem with his wife's income that he does not want to discuss, and that was