governance. and we can talk about constitutional principles too, but in terms of a good government this is not the way you want it to run. >> i want to taubs constitutional principles, but first you were an acting solicitor general, you had an acting role, it's not crazy to have acting positions. what makes this different than the normal run of the mill way they've operated in the past? >> two things. number one is solicitor general, that's not a cabinet head position. that is a subordinate position. and i was actually supervised by the confirmed attorney general of the united states, eric culter. it's find, you're going to have some acting positions in subordinate ways and even sometimes acting cabinet heads. but to have the number of them here is the really unprecedented thing. i don't think we would tolerate this at cvs, with an acting manager, or a life and death, acting surgeon. everyone is acting, the acting