. >> it may send ped antic, but i'm not being that way. kennedy was appointed in 87 and confirmed in 88. and for the purposes of this conversation, with 11 months to go, that may be significant to some people. >> the congress of the supreme court suspended an entire term in 1982. and talking about a precedent, i don't applaud it, but that would be dangerous. >> so i kind of agree with -- on balance with bruce. what we're not looking at not a catastrophe. lower courts can cite issues, but that doesn't mean that this argument is okay. that we should just ignore that there is a president in the white house that can nominate people, right? it doesn't lend any credence to the mcconnell position. the earth will keep spinning, but in regards to what will happen in the next term, we won't see fewer cases but we could see different cases. you're going to see fewer case that's the court is going to resolve, expect more bankruptcy cases, more patent cases and case that's don't usually break in those terms, because i think that the court will be very