in any direction on the i m a judge. i m just trying to resolve the precedent. let me close by saying this. i am just a judge. i just follow precedent. gosh, we ve heard that so often. and i hope it s the case, but we know there s much more to the to your job than that. i agree. the fact that you were a dissenter and everyone else saw this the other way should give us pause when you say i m just following precedent. i respectfully, senator, that opinion, i m proud of that opinion because i think it carefully details the law in that case. i m following the supreme court precede precedent. and to your point other judges disagree, i ll just there was a case i had about ten years ago called papano where i ruled in favor of a criminal defendantant on a restitution matter. i wrote the opinion. every other court after us disagreed. finally got to the supreme court
agenda in any direction on i m a judge. i m just trying to resolve the precedent let me close by saying this. i m just a judge, i just follow precedent. gosh, we ve heard that so often and i hope it s the case. we know there s more to your job than that. i agree. the fact that you were a dissenter and everyone else saw this the other way should give us pause when you say i m just following precedent. respectfully, senator, that opinion, i m proud of that opinion because i think it carefully details the law in that case. i m following the supreme court precedent. to your point that other judges disagree, there was a case i had about ten years ago or eight years ago called papanyo. a case where i ruled in favor of a criminal defendant on a restitution matter. i wrote the majority opinion. every other court after it s disagreed. finalry got to the supreme court