you that there is a law that makes it unlawful to distribute in a 30-day period three grams of pseudoephedrine, a drug, and you -- not you personally, because you never would be involved in any of this -- but let's say a person had been convicted of 30 grams. well, it's very clear. the statute says three grams. the interpretation is very, very clear. but what if i were to say to you that there is a statute that says that it will be unlawful for anyone who has been convicted, in any court, of a crime punishable by more than one year to possess a gun? what does convicted in any court mean? does it mean any court in the united states? does that mean any court in the world? you could see why congress could go either way. >> you have a case you talk about in the book. >> yes, i do. i have the case in the book. >> there were three judges that sit on these cases. >> yes. >> you were there? >> i was there and i wrote the opinion. just looking at the words of the statute, you say, convict did in any court, does that mean in the world or maybe the united states? but then you think about it, and well, th