And -- that is the nature of the appointment system. before we were not of time, i want to bring up the political piece i mentioned on how politicized the state supreme court seat races are. how are judge is supposed to dispense judges and partially if they have that one eye on the reelection campaigns and opinion polls? and campaign donors? >> the answer is it is extraordinarily difficult. there's no question about it. state judges that run for office attempt to walk a fine line between, here's my judicial philosophy, but i cannot tell you when i'm going to do in any particular case, because ...