because the cardinal rule of judging is to rule without fear or favor. but fear, today, it's the normal for judges in america. so when a judge issues a decision, and it doesn't even have to be controversial, but if it is a decision that someone does not like, then judges have targets on their robes. so when the judges fear of the mob is greater than the judge's commitment to upholding the constitution, judicial independence disappears and democracy goes with it. and donald trump's statements politicizing the court and attacking judges, it's no longer dog whistles to the maga base, it's bullhorns to the maga base. and they are the direct drivers, the key drivers, of this violent rhetoric and it's violent conduct. >> yeah, that point you made. there's a certain amount of this that is part of being a judge. if you are a judge you are going to rule in ways that parties are not going to light,