when people told me that justice fren nan, had for a particularity. it was much too early. my thought was that there would be 6 $15,, $7,000. then it could come without that general rule there. so i think go slow is the right approach for judges. but you can't know from the first case what else is out there, what different fact configurations might lead you to do this. >> i think we're at the point where we're ready to take questions from the audience. and there are microphones in each of the two aisles. if anybody would like to ask justice ginsburg a question. could you please come forward to one of the mie mike -- mike crow phones. -- micro phones. >> the first one is always the hardest. [laughter] here we go. ok. [laughter] >> we'll start over again. please go ahead. >> thank you for being here. my question is if the president is the only official elected by the entire nation why isn't the the entire nation why isn't the presumption that everything >> because we have a constitution that puts checks on government. no person is above the law, not even the president. it is