JUDGE JACKSON: THANK YOU, SENATOR. YOU MENTIONED THREE CASES. CERTAINLY, WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND ONE, THE D.C. CIRCUIT JUDGE NOT SAY THAT THE TEXT WAS CLEAR. IN FACT, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IN CASES. THAT JUDGES AT THE TRIAL LEVEL DO THEIR BEST TO MAKE INTERPRETATIONS. IN THAT CASE, IT INVOLVED THE CHANNELING PROVISION. IT INVOLVED A PROVISION, A STATUTE THAT WAS DESIGNED TO CHANNEL THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY INTO AN AGENCY AND I INTERPRETED THE STATUTE AND BY THOUGHT THE ARGUMENTS THAT WERE BEING MADE, THE CLAIMS THAT WERE BEING MADE WERE NOT ONES THAT CONGRESS HAD INTENDED TO CHANNEL. I WENT THROUGH THE ANALYSIS AND I EXPLAINED MY REASONING AS TO WHY I THOUGHT I STILL HAD JURISDICTION AND I WENT ON TO ADDRESS THE MERITS WHICH IS THE DUTY OF THE JUDGE IF THEY DETERMINE THEY DO HAVE JURISDICTION. THE D.C. CIRCUIT JUDGE SICK READ AND WROTE AN OPINION THAT INTERPRETED THE STATUTE DIFFERENTLY WITH RESPECT TO THOSE CLAIMS BUT IT WAS A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION AS TO WHAT THOSE CLAIMS MEANT AND WHETHER THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CHANNELED OR NOT. AND THAT HAPPENS. DISTRICT JUDGES DO THEIR BEST AND SOMETIMES THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE SUPREME COURT HAS NOT SPOKEN TO THE ISSUE AND THE PARTIES DISAGREE. I EXPLAINED THAT WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO IN LIGHT OF CONGRESS'S ENACTMENTS, NOT ONLY THAT PARTICULAR IMMIGRATION PROVISION, BUT ALSO, THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT, WAS RECONCILE THE STATUTES OF CONGRESS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE COURTS ALSO ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. THAT THERE ARE STATUTORY IMPLICATION CANNONS THAT MAKE CLEAR THAT COURTS ARE SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND THAT CONGRESS INTENDS FOR ITS STATUTES TO WORK TOGETHER TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU ARE INTERPRETING AND THE CLAIM IS MADE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THAT. THAT IS THE SORT OF WAY IN WHICH INTERPRETATION IS DONE. I CAN GO THROUGH MY ACTUAL ANALYSIS. I DID IT YESTERDAY AS WE TALKED, BUT THERE WAS A GOOD-FAITH DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN ME AND THE COURT OF APPEALS, WHICH GETS TO DECIDE AS TO WHAT THE LANGUAGE MEANT AND WHETHER OR NOT CONGRESS ACTUALLY INTENDED TO EXCLUDE THE APA USING THAT LANGUAGE UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. ...