agendas that influence how they decide cases. so what personal hidden agendas do you harbor or you think other judges harbor? >> thank you, senator. that line, to the extent it appears in my thesis was written by someone who had not gone to law school and was senior in college, who had spent a summer at an internship making observations in the context of a criminal justice internship. it is not a view that i hold. >> what led you to that belief? >> i am thanking back. it's been 30 years -- >> okay. >> we just watched the questions from republican senator marsha