it instead underscores the unprecedented nature of petitioners alleged conduct. they described the charges against him, aaron, as, quote, an unprecedented assault on the structure sure. of our government. so here they are asking the court to reject this argument and to do it quickly. >> yeah. i mean, it's interesting and as they go through, as you point out it saying that nixon's acceptance of a pardon was also making it clear that he felt that there needed to be a pardon because he was subject to prosecution for acts he committed during water great while he was in office. so going through and laying all of this out ultimately, though, paula, as you point out, this is the arguments are supposed to be next week. this is all about timing, right? >> yeah. and lift the special counsel has to be frustrated because aaron months ago, he asked the supreme court to just step in and decide this issue. don't wait for it to go through the appellate court and then take it up because he he knew that process could potentially make it impossible to bring this case before the nov