insisting that he do. i think the former vice president has publicly indicated he did get the advice of former vice president dan quayle, who he knew obviously, they're both from indiana, and that -- so there's no basis for this. there's no discretion on the part of the vice president. he just opens the envelopes and then the tellers, i was one of them, read them aloud. i saw the newspaper article. obviously, this judge is known to be very, very conservative, and i imagine for conservatives, when this very conservative judge said, there's no basis for this. it's just unconstitutional, it probably had a meaningful impact on people of a conservative bent. >> yeah. no question about it. cited in the letter.