i will be the first peace corps volunteer ever to be elected to national office, and that's kind of pleasing. i went to usc law school, was being drafted and then was a navy jagttorney for four years. >> host: during vietnam? >> guest: it was during vietnam. that's why i was being drafted, actually. within a week of getting back from the peace corps, i received my notice for physical, so guess what my future had in store for me? after i got out of the navy, i was a federal prosecutor in los angeles, u.s. attorney's office, prosecuted the standard cases, bank robberies, drug cases, doesn't really think about it much. ended up heading a unit prosecuting frauds against the government, fha, va, that sort of thing. after that was in the private practice of law, business litigation for five years and then was appointed to the bench, so i was on the bench for 25 years as a judge, and now i've retired and i'm running, as you say, for office. well, what court were you a judge at? >> guest: the superior court in orange county, california. it's the state court and over 25 years pretty much did everything. and as a part of that, you know, churning, low-level drug offende