neutral, and of not being simply an extension of the terribly polarized political process and environment that we live in. and, you know, this is a challenge. >> now we're eight justices, eight justices that we have to rise above partisanship in our personal relationships. that we have to treat each other with respect and dignity and with a sense of amicability that the rest of the world often doesn't share. >> david, the significance of both of them speaking out now? >> well, this was a previously scheduled appearance at princeton, and no doubt they're both upset that they had to be there in the current maelstrom. but carl mentioned this is bad for the country. this is terrible for the supreme court, and those two justices and all the others recognize that they will now be in the center of the storm for years and potentially decades.