in that sense, he and judge pozner share a great similarity. neither one hid behind doctrine to justify their results in a case. is that accurate? and is it a good thing if it is accurate? >> i guess i would say, i don't think that justice kennedy hid behind doctrine. i think i agree with that. whether that is a mark of unusual honesty or transparency, that's where i might get off the train. insofar as, i don't think there's any particular, from the perspective of honesty or transparency, i don't think there is any particular valence to being a doctrinal list first versus being a non-trick trying to list -- being a non- doctrinal list. in a way that is entirely nontransparent, i think when eric says it is inscrutable, we don't know how you get from citizens united when you say, corporations have a certain speech right, it is not good to discriminate on the basis of a speaker, jumping from that to a restriction on electioneering in the last three days before elections, it says you can speak through a certain path, but not through your treasury f