if you're going to have a wild night on the town, you have an opportunity to have it here at the greenbrier. [laughter] >> all of us get a lot of criticism about cases. it obviously comes with the territory when you are chief justice. there is going to be a lot of criticism. i remember in politics it was satisfying to be able to fire back. if somebody said something you did not like, you're free to punch them back. but here in the judiciary, somebody can is characterized something or somebody can write in and say a first grader could write a better opinion than you did. i get those kind of letters. i hope you do not. i know you do not. i thought to myself, when i was a newspaper editor i get paid to say what i thought. when i was a judge, i get paid to shut up. we are living a life of "no comment" in terms of the criticism that pours in. does it bother you never to be able to respond? >> first of all, a lot of the criticism comes from our colleagues. the answer is, no, it does not. what's your appreciate that citizens have the full right to criticize what we do and always have -- it is not

a great opportunity, if you are going to have a wild night on the town, you can have it at the greenbrier. >> we all get a lot of criticism over our cases and it obviously comes with the territory when you are a chief justice and the importance of the case is that there will be a lot of criticism. in politics, it is so satisfying to be able to fire back if someonsaid something that you did not like. you could always pontian them back. -- punch them back. hear someone can miss categorize something you haven't gone and say, "i did a first grader would have written a better opinion than you did come close "and i get those types of letters. i hope you do not get those typeof letters. but when i wasn a newspaper editing, i got paid to say what i thoug, and when i was a judge of got paid to shut up. we are living a life of "no comment" in terms of the criticism that pours in. does it bother you never to be able to respond? >> first of all, a lot of the iticism comes from our colleagues in a dissent or a response to a majority opinion, but the answer is no. once appreciate that the citizens have

a great opportunity, if you are going to have a wild night on the town, you can have it at the greenbrier. >> we all get a lot of criticism over our cases and it obviously comes with the territory when you are a chief justice and the importance of the case is that there will be a lot of criticism. in politics, it is so satisfying to be able to fire back if someone said something that you did not like. you could always pontian them back. -- punch them back. hear someone can miss categorize something you haven't gone and say, "i did a first grader would have written a better opinion than you did come close "and i get those types of letters. i hope you do not get those types of letters. but when i was in a newspaper editing, i got paid to say what i thought, and when i was a judge of got paid to shut up. we are living a life of "no comment" in terms of the criticism that pours in. does it bother you never to be able to respond? >> first of all, a lot of the criticism comes from our colleagues in a dissent or a response to a majority opinion, but the answer is no. once appreciate that the cit