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presidential election? >> well, they did have to take the health care case. the lower courts had disagreed. they didn't have to give three days of oral argument and examine every single argument before the election. >> did they have to take it before election? >> yeah, because it was right. >> there's a problem that you identify, it's exacerbated in the state court setting where some 37 states still engage in contested election of their judges. it's ironic because the election of judges was regarded in the mid 19th century as a reform effort against the elitist, corrupt appointing sy...

convincing. there is a problem. but here is another problem. when people are judging what they think of the courts, and that's the politicization, the process. i will tell you now if, for whatever reason, president obama has the opportunity to appoint somebody else as his nominee for the supreme court that before the appointment is made, before we know who it's going to be, all the democrats will be for it and all the republicans will be against. and then if mitt romney wins, you have a republican president and he is able to name somebody to the supreme court, you know, all the democ...