was no way that justice gorsuch was going to get michael dreeben to back down. but the oh thing that could be going on -- the other thing that could be going on, he had some unique views on the law. and i've heard justice kagan talk about this when she was the junior justice. at the conferences they go around the table and vote, and as the junior justice, he's the last justice who gets to vote. so to a certain extent, this is his way to talk to his colleagues. so he has some unique views on the law that he'll press at some length. but, you know, i think there are probably a couple of different motivations going on. >> so, adam, you wrote the other day that justice gorsuch had turned in the most consequential freshman performance by a member of the supreme court in living memory. how so? >> that's a good sentence. [laughter] well, we talked about the one case, demaya, in which he joined the liberals. in 14 others he provided the decisive vote going the other way. it's a fair bet that in every single one of them justice merrick garland would have gone the other wa