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Is that the way you see it? >> it is, senator. if i were to start telling you which were my favorite precedents or least favorite precedents or viewed precedents in that fashion i would be tipping my hand and suggesting to litigants i already made up my mind about their case. that's not a fair judge. i didn't want that kind of judge when i was a lawyer and i don't want to be that kind of judge now and made a vow to myself i wouldn't be. that's the fairness problem and the independence problem. if it looks like i'm giving hints or previews or intimations how i may rule i think that's the beginn...

Future litigants. is that the way you see it? >> it is, senator. if i were to start telling you which are my favorite precedents or which are my least favorite precedents or if i view precedent in that fashion, i would be tipping my hand and suggesting to litigants that i've already made up my mind about their cases. that's not a fair judge. i didn't want that kind of judge when i was a lawyer. and i don't want to be that kind of judge now. i made a vow to myself i wouldn't be. that's the fairness problem. and then the independence problem. if it looks like i'm giving hints or previews or inti...