material. >> what did you make of the president today singing a little ditty that ended with him getting to the supreme court, which will definitely ratify this decision, even though he expects other bad decisions in other districts and circuits? >> again, it's a maddening attack on the ninth circuit. he explicitly attacked the ninth circuit and delegitimized -- >> he does that all the time. >> i know. but remember when we used to care? remember when the rule of law -- some respect. >> judges in general. >> so there was that. but then also this sort of, you know, touchdown dance where my court is at the end of the day going to vindicate me -- >> because i've got five conservatives. so i'll get there. i'll get whatever i need out of them. >> i wrote today about neil gorsuch wrote before he came on to the court about how damaging it is to try to do public policy in the courts because all it does is undermine and delegitimize the judges and the justices. this is kind of made to order what he was cautioning us about. >> dahlia lithwick is senior editor and legal correspondent