i also, john, a lot of people are going to get a mad at me, but there is an element of sexism 'em bedded in this criticism. imagine if the gender roles were reverse here. would we be blaming a husband for sort of master minding his wife here? john: if it was amy coney barrett, they just might. >> well -- >> for example, i can think of examples of that too. >> there's no intimation that, you know, these were directed from clarence thomas. john: no. >> she came up with these independently and sent them to -- so she's responsible for the content. the question is, is how does this bear on the public perception of the court if a case comes forward in which -- john: is this legislation going to go anywhere? it's been languishing for nine months. >> so far, this might give it kind of the spur that it needs. nancy pelosi has talked about saying maybe we need something universal for all the courts. but the thing to watch in the next couple of days, tomorrow night the 1/6 committee meets. it's going to refer to the