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NICHOLS: “The fact of the matter is that our system operates much more on norms and traditions than it does on written law. And this — you know, we -- we could potentially see a situation where we have a Supreme Court justice appointed by the tie breaking vote of the vice president. I want to be as optimistic as Doris Kearns Goodwin but that is going to hurt the court and it's going to hurt the country.”