los angeles. last hour i spoke with former fda chief dr. scott gottlieb where we are right now on the coronavirus pandemic. and he laid out a possible target date for an end point to the deadly delta surge. probably by thanksgiving i think it will have run the course. you have seen dense epidemics in the northwest and pacific northwest, enflamed earlier than that. the question mark is whether the northeast sees a surge of infection. with high vaccination rates and high prior exposure that it s impercent you and people that believe that the surge of delta in the summer was the surge that you will see in the northeast. i m more skeptical. i think you will see a wave of infection in the northeast as kids go back to school and people return to work and the weather gets cold but by thanksgiving it will move its
absolutely. a couple of points in response to that, senator, if i might. justice scalia, of course, decisi dissented in that case, joined by justice stevens. one of his more powerful dissents on individual liberty. one of his more pour dissents protecting individual liberty there, ruling justice scalia with justice stevens that it was impercent miscible to hold an american citizen in long-term military detention, and i thought that was an important opinion of his. when i gave a talk, justice scalia identified that as one of his most important opinions and a very powerful opinion. on the kieran opinion itself, it dealt with some many who were not american citizens. you re right.