clarence thomas where she has this tea party affiluted group and raised money for them and questions be raised we don't know where that munsy coming from. is this with all the fund-raising and with the supreme court justices being more likely to go out, are we in a whole new area here? >> i think what sort of bothers me is, let's assume that none of this is unethical, technically. that it does sort of fit in that box. the reality is that the supreme court is one of the few institutions that still enjoys a high public approval rating and still held as an esteem ee eed paragone of virtue. you have every year this debate about whether or not supreme court justices go to the state of the union and how they behave at the state of the union. all these stories that create this idea in the public's mind. even if it is completely legal and ethical, will slowly chip away at one of the only institutions that the public still reveres and that, i think, is the one thing i worry about.