serve a purpose because they haven't come close. we'll do this every year. we'll see where we are the first term. in terms of confirmations, president biden has not had a supreme court pick. that is huge. we'll get to that in a second. the district level tied at the appeals court level, puts people on the job. >> canexactly, and this was a lesson that was learned in the biden administration. when mitch mcconnell took back the senate, it became a focus for him. it laid the groundwork so that when president trump was in office, he could move very swiftly and that relationship now, obviously, not you can talk