blog.com, paul butler professor of law george washington university. and niomi rah who teaches at george mason university and served as associate counsel and special assistant to the president in the george w. bush white house. tom goldstein i will start with you. one of the themes of this term clearlys that to bement the extent to which we have seen the growth and solidification of what we have seen a roberts court. what does that mean. >> we're talking about the conservative majority lead by chief justice john robertse nuts hour in the evening, campaign finance, gun rights, cases you mentioned. the courts conservative did hold a majority and advanced the ball in that direction. but if you look beneath the surface i think in case we can talk b you will see the court's left had some successes as well. overall i think a mixed term. >> brown: a mixed term. paul butler what do you see? >> i see conservative judicial activism. i see conservative court that is bold, that's