He had been governor of California. But he said, 'Many of the things I learned while I was governor might be very helpful to the Supreme Court,' because while the court to some extent draws on large theory, it's also a very political place. You have to form coalitions. And you also have to be pretty exposed to recent issues, and that's something that a former governor is.
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