the reason i bring that up -- if you look at frank easterbrook, his brother is gregg easterbrook. why is he your forward writer, and how long have you known him? >> i have known frank a long time. we were colleagues on the faculty at the university of chicago, in the 80's. he went on to be a judge on the seventh circuit, the chief judge of the seventh circuit, ultimately. he wrote the forward, because if there is another name associated with the theories of that book, it is frank easterbrook. if i had to pick somebody to replace me on the supreme court, it would be frank. he and i tend to see seems -- see things the same, because we are applying the same principles. >> he writes that political scientists, editorial page writers, and cynics often depict judges as doing nothing but writing their preferences into law. >> that is certainly true. >> political scientists and editorial page writers. do you read them? >> to understand all is to forgive all. the have to sell newspapers. they tend to judge judges incorrectly. i doubt whether they read the opinion carefully, and see what sec