justicestice sotomayor that confidence in institutions is important, because institutions allow our republic to flourish. you asked eric, what can we do to restore confidence in institutions, i think institutions are responsive to theg that institutions have lost a sense of is that we are a pluralistic society. they have lost the sense of perhaps, the ability to compromise which is hardwired into the constitution. it takes compromise to passle. and i feel like maybe in this era of polarization, of some would say bitter polarization, that ability to compromise has been lost. but institutions, i think, reflect back some things that are present in the citizenry themselves. that is true of our docket. justice o'connor used to say, if you want to know what is going on inu can look at our docket and see the battles being waged through litigation are often reflective of the battles that are being waged in the society at large. but i think if we demand of our institutions compromise, what if we started a campaign for compromise and kindness and made clear that those are the kinds of things we want t