<s> /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/corpora/SUPREMECOURTUSV4-3/ptreetagger/Biestek.xml-src.tt /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/corpora/SUPREMECOURTUSV4-3/treetagger/Biestek.xml-out.tt pos tagset built from model /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par en lemma of the model /Users/loicliegeois/TXM-0.8.1/treetagger-models/en.par - [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] We2PPwe 'll3MDwill hear4VVhear argument5NNargument first6RBfirst this7DTthis morning8NNmorning in9INin Case10NPCase 17-118411CD@card@ ,12,, Biestek13NPBiestek versus14CCversus Berryhill15NPBerryhill .16SENT. Mr17NPMr .18SENT. Bhabha19NPBhabha .20SENT.

[MR. BHABHA]21LOC[MR. BHABHA] Thank22VVthank you23PPyou ,24,, Mr25NPMr .26SENT. Chief27NPChief Justice28NPJustice ,29,, and30CCand may31MDmay it32PPit please33VVplease the34DTthe Court35NPCourt :36:: When37WRBwhen a38DTa vocational39JJvocational expert40NNexpert testifies41VVZtestify about42INabout the43DTthe existence44NNexistence of45INof a46DTa specific47JJspecific number48NNnumber of49INof jobs50NNSjob in51INin a52DTa specific53JJspecific location54NNlocation at55INat a56DTa specific57JJspecific time58NNtime ,59,, that60DTthat testimony61NNtestimony can62MDcan only63RBonly be64VBbe based65VVNbase on66INon statistical67JJstatistical data-driven68JJdata-driven sources69NNSsource .70SENT. And71CCand when72WRBwhen the73DTthe expert74NNexpert refuses75VVZrefuse upon76INupon request77NNrequest to78TOto provide79VVprovide those80DTthose sources81NNSsource ,82,, the83DTthe expert84NNexpert 's85POS's testimony86NNtestimony ,87,, standing88VVGstand alone89RBalone ,90,, cannot91MDcan constitute92VVconstitute substantial93JJsubstantial evidence94NNevidence for95INfor three96CDthree reasons97NNSreason .98SENT. First99RBfirst ,100,, this101DTthis Court102NPCourt 's103POS's definition104NNdefinition of105INof the106DTthe term107NNterm "108``" substantial109JJsubstantial evidence110NNevidence "111''" and112CCand its113PP$its application114NNapplication of115INof that116DTthat term117NNterm in118INin reviewing119VVGreview the120DTthe decisions121NNSdecision of122INof administrative123JJadministrative tribunals124NNStribunal .125SENT. Second126RBsecond ,127,, because128INbecause the129DTthe government130NNgovernment 's131POS's arguments132NNSargument as133INas to134TOto why135WRBwhy the136DTthe expert137NNexpert 's138POS's testimony139NNtestimony standing140NNstanding alone141RBalone is142VBZbe sufficient143JJsufficient are144NNare unpersuasive145NNunpersuasive .146SENT. And147CCand ,148,, third149JJthird ,150,, because151INbecause this152DTthis is153VBZbe the154DTthe rule155NNrule that156WDTthat has157VHZhave worked158VVNwork since159INsince 2002160CD@card@ in161INin the162DTthe Seventh163NPSeventh Circuit164NPCircuit and165CCand ,166,, indeed167RBindeed ,168,, is169VBZbe consistent170JJconsistent with171INwith the172DTthe government173NNgovernment 's174POS's own175JJown policy176NNpolicy ,177,, as178RBas encapsulated179VVNencapsulate in180INin the181DTthe Social182NPSocial Security183NPSecurity Administration184NPAdministration 's185POS's Vocational186JJvocational Expert187NNexpert Handbook188NNhandbook .189SENT. [JUSTICE GINSBURG]190LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] The191DTthe counsel192NNcounsel for193INfor the194DTthe claimant195NNclaimant asked196VVDask for197INfor the198DTthe source199NNsource material200NNmaterial but201CCbut then202RBthen did203VVDdo n't204RBn't engage205VVengage in206INin any207DTany cross-examination208NNcross-examination of209INof ...210:... of211INof the212DTthe witness213NNwitness ,214,, of215INof the216DTthe expert217NNexpert witness218NNwitness .219SENT. [MR. BHABHA]220LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your221PP$your Honor222NPHonor ,223,, as224INas a225DTa factual226JJfactual matter227NNmatter ,228,, after229INafter being230VBGbe denied231VVNdeny the232DTthe material233NNmaterial ,234,, he235PPhe did236VVDdo engage237VVengage in238INin some239DTsome cross-examination240NNcross-examination that241WDTthat appears242VVZappear in243INin the244DTthe record245NNrecord .246SENT. But247CCbut I248PPI think249VVPthink critical250JJcritical ,251,, Your252PP$your Honor253NPHonor ,254,, is255VBZbe that256IN/thatthat ,257,, without258INwithout the259DTthe material260NNmaterial itself261PPitself ,262,, any263DTany meaningful264JJmeaningful cross-examination265NNcross-examination regarding266VVGregard the267DTthe expert268NNexpert 's269POS's methodology270NNmethodology ,271,, the272DTthe provenance273NNprovenance of274INof the275DTthe expert276NNexpert 's277POS's labor278NNlabor market279NNmarket surveys280NNSsurvey was281VBDbe impossible282JJimpossible .283SENT. And284CCand I285PPI would286MDwould note287VVnote that288IN/thatthat it289PPit would290MDwould be291VBbe a292DTa rare293JJrare case294NNcase when295WRBwhen you296PPyou would297MDwould be298VBbe asked299VVNask to300TOto cross-examine301VVcross-examine a302DTa statistical303JJstatistical expert304NNexpert who305WPwho is306VBZbe opining307VVGopine upon308INupon specific309JJspecific numbers310NNSnumber that311IN/thatthat the312DTthe expert313NNexpert has314VHZhave then315RBthen modified316VVNmodify through317INthrough calculations318NNScalculation without319INwithout actually320RBactually seeing321VVGsee the322DTthe data323NNdata sources324NNSsource itself325PPitself .326SENT. I327PPI think328VVPthink this329DTthis Court330NPCourt 's331POS's decision332NNdecision in333INin Florida334NPFlorida Power335NPPower &336CC& Light337NPLight is338VBZbe an339DTan important340JJimportant precedent341NNprecedent in342INin this343DTthis respect344NNrespect because345INbecause ,346,, there347RBthere ,348,, the349DTthe Court350NPCourt noted351VVDnote that352IN/thatthat the353DTthe testimony354NNtestimony ,355,, the356DTthe well-founded357JJwell-founded testimony358NNtestimony of359INof an360DTan expert361NNexpert may362MDmay be363VBbe enough364JJenough if365INif firsthand366JJfirsthand information367NNinformation is368VBZbe unavailable369JJunavailable .370SENT. And371CCand ,372,, here373RBhere ,374,, particularly375RBparticularly because376INbecause there377EXthere were378VBDbe two379CDtwo sources380NNSsource the381DTthe expert382NNexpert relied383VVNrely upon384RPupon ,385,, the386DTthe Bureau387NPBureau of388INof Labor389NPLabor Statistics390NPSStatistics data391NNSdatum ,392,, which393WDTwhich was394VBDbe public395JJpublic ,396,, but397CCbut then398RBthen also399RBalso her400PP$her private401JJprivate labor402NNlabor market403NNmarket surveys404NNSsurvey ,405,, which406WDTwhich the407DTthe ALJ408NPALJ never409RBnever saw410VVDsee and411CCand we412PPwe never413RBnever saw414VVDsee ,415,, that416WDTthat made417VVDmake any418DTany form419NNform of420INof cross-examination421NNcross-examination or422CCor meaningful423JJmeaningful inquiry424NNinquiry into425INinto the426DTthe basis427NNbasis for428INfor these429DTthese numbers430NNSnumber impossible431JJimpossible .432SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]433LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] What434WPWhat I435PPI do436VVPdo n't437RBn't understand438VVunderstand about439INabout your440PP$your argument441NNargument is442VBZbe how443WRBhow it444PPit connects445VVZconnect with446INwith the447DTthe substantial448JJsubstantial evidence449NNevidence question450NNquestion .451SENT. Substantial452JJsubstantial evidence453NNevidence refers454VVZrefer to455TOto a456DTa quantum457NNquantum of458INof proof459NNproof ,460,, and461CCand I462PPI ...463:... it464PPit 's465VBZbe hard466JJhard for467INfor me468PPme to469TOto see470VVsee why471WRBwhy that472DTthat inquiry473NNinquiry is474VBZbe different475JJdifferent depending476VVGdepend on477INon whether478INwhether the479DTthe underlying480VVGunderlie information481NNinformation in482INin question483NNquestion ...484:... in485INin question486NNquestion was487VBDbe requested488VVNrequest or489CCor not490RBnot .491SENT. The492DTthe ...493:... the494DTthe argument495NNargument that496IN/thatthat you497PPyou 're498VBPbe making499VVGmake sounds500NNSsound like501INlike a502DTa procedural503JJprocedural question504NNquestion ,505,, a506DTa due507JJdue process508NNprocess question509NNquestion ,510,, whether511INwhether it512PPit was513VBDbe unfair514JJunfair not515RBnot to516TOto require517VVrequire the518DTthe expert519NNexpert to520TOto produce521VVproduce the522DTthe underlying523VVGunderlie data524NNSdatum .525SENT. Can526NNcan ...527:... can528MDcan you529PPyou just530RBjust explain531VVexplain how532WRBhow the533DTthe procedural534JJprocedural question535NNquestion that536WDTthat seems537VVZseem to538TOto be539VBbe at540INat the541DTthe core542NNcore of543INof what544WPwhat you545PPyou 're546VBPbe arguing547VVGargue fits548NNSfit in549INin with550INwith the551DTthe substantial552JJsubstantial evidence553NNevidence test554NNtest ?555SENT? [MR. BHABHA]556LOC[MR. BHABHA] Of557INof course558NNcourse ,559,, Your560PP$your Honor561NPHonor .562SENT. So563RBso I564PPI think565VVPthink we566PPwe have567VHPhave two568CDtwo answers569NNSanswer to570TOto that571DTthat question572NNquestion .573SENT. First574JJfirst and575CCand foremost576RBforemost ,577,, we578PPwe are579VBPbe not580RBnot asking581VVGask for582INfor the583DTthe document-on-demand584NNdocument-on-demand procedural585JJprocedural rule586NNrule that587IN/thatthat the588DTthe government589NNgovernment characterizes590VVZcharacterize us591PPus .592SENT. The593DTthe government594NNgovernment ,595,, who596WPwho bears597VVZbear the598DTthe burden599NNburden at600INat step601NNstep 5602CD5 ,603,, is604VBZbe choosing605VVGchoose in606INin these607DTthese cases608NNScase to609TOto only610RBonly rely611VVrely on612INon the613DTthe testimony614NNtestimony of615INof a616DTa vocational617JJvocational expert618NNexpert .619SENT. Now620RBnow the621DTthe government622NNgovernment has623VHZhave at624INat its625PP$its availability626NNavailability to627TOto enter628VVenter other629JJother evidence630NNevidence into631INinto the632DTthe record633NNrecord as634INas well635RBwell .636SENT. If637INif the638DTthe government639NNgovernment chose640VVDchoose to641TOto submit642VVsubmit its643PP$its own644JJown labor645NNlabor market646NNmarket surveys647NNSsurvey ,648,, we649PPwe would650MDwould not651RBnot say652VVsay ,653,, and654CCand are655VBPbe not656RBnot saying657VVGsay ,658,, that659IN/thatthat there660EXthere 's661VBZbe a662DTa stand-alone663JJstand-alone constitutional664JJconstitutional violation665NNviolation because666INbecause the667DTthe vocational668JJvocational expert669NNexpert did670VVDdo n't671RBn't give672VVgive her673PP$her surveys674NNSsurvey .675SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]676LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Well677UHwell ,678,, I679PPI know680VVPknow you681PPyou 're682VBPbe not683RBnot saying684VVGsay that685IN/thatthat ,686,, but687CCbut you688PPyou have689VHPhave a690DTa quantum691NNquantum of692INof evidence693NNevidence ;694:; it695PPit 's696VBZbe substantial697JJsubstantial or698CCor it699PPit 's700VBZbe not701RBnot substantial702JJsubstantial .703SENT. Explain704VVexplain ,705,, if706INif you707PPyou can708MDcan ,709,, why710WRBwhy the711DTthe question712NNquestion of713INof ...714:... the715DTthe issue716NNissue of717INof substantiality718NNsubstantiality depends719VVZdepend on720INon whether721INwhether the722DTthe evidence723NNevidence was724VBDbe asked725VVNask for726INfor or727CCor not728RBnot .729SENT. [MR. BHABHA]730LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your731PP$your Honor732NPHonor ,733,, I734PPI think735VVPthink it736PPit flows737VVZflow from738INfrom the739DTthe basic740JJbasic intuition741NNintuition that742IN/thatthat when743WRBwhen you744PPyou question745VVPquestion an746DTan expert747NNexpert about748INabout data749NNSdatum ,750,, if751INif the752DTthe expert753NNexpert cannot754MDcan then755RBthen back756VVback up757RPup their758PP$their testimony759NNtestimony ,760,, that761WDTthat creates762VVZcreate doubt763NNdoubt .764SENT. And765CCand although766INalthough I767PPI do768VVPdo n't769RBn't think770VVthink it771PPit 's772VBZbe an773DTan exact774JJexact match775NNmatch ,776,, I777PPI think778VVPthink a779DTa useful780JJuseful analogy781NNanalogy are782VBPbe the783DTthe adverse784JJadverse inference785NNinference cases786NNScase ,787,, which788WDTwhich this789DTthis Court790NPCourt has791VHZhave recognized792VVNrecognize when793WRBwhen a794DTa party795NNparty or796CCor a797DTa witness798NNwitness says799VVZsay I800PPI am801VBPbe presenting802VVGpresent evidence803NNevidence to804TOto the805DTthe court806NNcourt ,807,, but808CCbut there809EXthere is810VBZbe better811JJRgood evidence812NNevidence somewhere813RBsomewhere else814RBelse that815DTthat substantiates816VVZsubstantiate what817WPwhat I818PPI am819VBPbe saying820VVGsay ...821:... [JUSTICE ALITO]822LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Well823UHwell ,824,, I825PPI ...826:... I827PPI see828VVPsee that829DTthat argument830NNargument .831SENT. Now832RBnow ,833,, in834INin this835DTthis case836NNcase ,837,, was838VBDbe it839PPit the840DTthe attorney841NNattorney for842INfor ...843:... who844WPwho was845VBDbe it846PPit who847WPwho said848VVDsay that849IN/thatthat the850DTthe ...851:... the852DTthe expert853NNexpert was854VBDbe not855RBnot required856VVNrequire to857TOto produce858VVproduce the859DTthe evidence860NNevidence ?861SENT? Was862VBDbe there863RBthere opposition864NNopposition on865INon ...866:... by867INby your868PP$your adversary869NNadversary ,870,, or871CCor was872VBDbe it873PPit the874DTthe ...875:... the876DTthe ALJ877NPALJ ?878SENT? [MR. BHABHA]879LOC[MR. BHABHA] It880PPit was881VBDbe the882DTthe ALJ883NPALJ .884SENT. And885CCand so886RBso ,887,, Your888PP$your Honor889NPHonor ,890,, what891WPwhat I892PPI think893VVPthink is894VBZbe critical895JJcritical here896RBhere is897VBZbe that898IN/thatthat ,899,, when900WRBwhen the901DTthe government902NNgovernment says903VVZsay the904DTthe record905NNrecord is906VBZbe exactly907RBexactly the908DTthe same909JJsame ,910,, it911PPit is912VBZbe not913RBnot .914SENT. If915INif ,916,, for917INfor example918NNexample ,919,, the920DTthe expert921NNexpert had922VHDhave said923VVNsay when924WRBwhen questioned925VVDquestion for926INfor the927DTthe data928NNSdatum I929PPI have930VHPhave a931DTa source932NNsource ,933,, but934CCbut I935PPI 'm936VBPbe not937RBnot going938VVGgo to939TOto identify940VVidentify it941PPit ,942,, I943PPI 'm944VBPbe not945RBnot going946VVGgo to947TOto show948VVshow it949PPit to950TOto you951PPyou ,952,, I953PPI think954VVPthink that955IN/thatthat would956MDwould create957VVcreate real958JJreal doubt959NNdoubt .960SENT. And961CCand here962RBhere ...963:... [JUSTICE ALITO]964LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Yeah965UHYeah ,966,, I967PPI ...968:... I969PPI see970VVPsee that971RBthat .972SENT. But973CCbut ,974,, when975WRBwhen the976DTthe ...977:... the978DTthe expert979NNexpert says980VVZsay this981DTthis is982VBZbe my983PP$my opinion984NNopinion ,985,, and986CCand you987PPyou say988VVPsay produce989VVproduce the990DTthe underlying991VVGunderlie evidence992NNevidence ,993,, and994CCand the995DTthe expert996NNexpert does997VVZdo n't998RBn't say999VVsay no1000UHno ,1001,, I1002PPI 'm1003VBPbe not1004RBnot going1005VVGgo to1006TOto do1007VVdo that1008IN/thatthat ,1009,, I1010PPI won1011MDwill 't1012RB't do1013VVPdo that1014IN/thatthat ,1015,, somebody1016NNsomebody ...1017:... the1018DTthe ...1019:... the1020DTthe judge1021NNjudge intervenes1022VVZintervene and1023CCand says1024VVZsay no1025RBno ,1026,, that1027WDTthat 's1028VBZbe not1029RBnot required1030JJrequired ,1031,, why1032WRBwhy does1033VVZdo that1034RBthat create1035VVcreate doubt1036NNdoubt about1037INabout the1038DTthe validity1039NNvalidity of1040INof the1041DTthe expert1042NNexpert 's1043POS's testimony1044NNtestimony ?1045SENT? The1046DTthe expert1047NNexpert has1048VHZhave n't1049RBn't refused1050VVNrefuse to1051TOto produce1052VVproduce that1053DTthat evidence1054NNevidence .1055SENT. It1056PPit 's1057VHZhave been1058VBNbe the1059DTthe intervention1060NNintervention by1061INby the1062DTthe ALJ1063NPALJ .1064SENT. [MR. BHABHA]1065LOC[MR. BHABHA] So1066RBso ,1067,, Your1068PP$your Honor1069NPHonor ,1070,, if1071INif I1072PPI can1073MDcan just1074RBjust clarify1075VVclarify .1076SENT. It1077PPit was1078VBDbe both1079DTboth here1080RBhere .1081SENT. The1082DTthe expert1083NNexpert said1084VVDsay that1085IN/thatthat data1086NNdata is1087VBZbe in1088INin my1089PP$my confidential1090JJconfidential client1091NNclient files1092NNSfile and1093CCand ,1094,, therefore1095RBtherefore ,1096,, I1097PPI do1098VVPdo n't1099RBn't want1100VVwant to1101TOto produce1102VVproduce it1103PPit .1104SENT. And1105CCand the1106DTthe ALJ1107NPALJ said1108VVDsay ,1109,, I1110PPI 'm1111VBPbe not1112RBnot going1113VVGgo to1114TOto require1115VVrequire that1116DTthat .1117SENT. And1118CCand I1119PPI would1120MDwould note1121VVnote that1122IN/thatthat the1123DTthe government1124NNgovernment does1125VVZdo n't1126RBn't defend1127VVdefend in1128INin this1129DTthis Court1130NPCourt the1131DTthe confidentiality1132NNconfidentiality rationale1133NNrationale .1134SENT. And1135CCand I1136PPI think1137VVPthink the1138DTthe reason1139NNreason for1140INfor that1141DTthat ,1142,, Your1143PP$your Honor1144NPHonor ,1145,, is1146VBZbe that1147IN/thatthat ,1148,, as1149INas the1150DTthe claimant1151NNclaimant 's1152POS's lawyer1153NNlawyer said1154VVDsay below1155RBbelow ,1156,, it1157PPit would1158MDwould be1159VBbe easy1160JJeasy to1161TOto redact1162VVredact or1163CCor black1164VVblack out1165RPout the1166DTthe names1167NNSname of1168INof the1169DTthe clients1170NNSclient .1171SENT. Indeed1172RBindeed ,1173,, federal1174JJfederal courts1175NNScourt and1176CCand administrative1177JJadministrative agencies1178NNSagency deal1179NNdeal with1180INwith highly1181RBhighly sensitive1182JJsensitive information1183NNinformation about1184INabout national1185JJnational security1186NNsecurity or1187CCor intellectual1188JJintellectual property1189NNproperty every1190DTevery day1191NNday .1192SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]1193LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] But1194CCbut here1195RBhere 's1196VBZbe the1197DTthe thing1198NNthing I1199PPI do1200VVPdo n't1201RBn't understand1202VVunderstand .1203SENT. Sure1204RBsure ,1205,, maybe1206RBmaybe he1207PPhe made1208VVDmake a1209DTa ...1210:... you1211PPyou 're1212VBPbe right1213RBright in1214INin this1215DTthis case1216NNcase ,1217,, maybe1218RBmaybe .1219SENT. But1220CCbut ,1221,, I1222PPI mean1223VVPmean ,1224,, even1225RBeven if1226INif we1227PPwe were1228VBDbe in1229INin court1230NNcourt ,1231,, experts1232NNSexpert rely1233VVPrely on1234INon all1235DTall kinds1236NNSkind of1237INof things1238NNSthing .1239SENT. And1240CCand if1241INif you1242PPyou ...1243:... the1244DTthe other1245JJother side1246NNside makes1247VVZmake a1248DTa case1249NNcase ,1250,, says1251VVZsay what1252WPwhat ...1253:... what1254WPwhat are1255VBPbe you1256PPyou relying1257VVGrely on1258INon for1259INfor your1260PP$your conclusion1261NNconclusion ,1262,, he1263PPhe says1264VVZsay ,1265,, I1266PPI 'm1267VBPbe relying1268VVGrely on1269INon Ptolemy1270NPPtolemy .1271SENT. Not1272RBnot Copernicus1273NPCopernicus ?1274SENT? No1275RBno ,1276,, Ptolemy1277NPPtolemy .1278SENT. Well1279UHwell ,1280,, that1281WDTthat might1282MDmight be1283VBbe a1284DTa good1285JJgood ground1286NNground for1287INfor going1288VVGgo into1289INinto it1290PPit .1291SENT. And1292CCand so1293RBso whether1294INwhether there1295EXthere 's1296VBZbe a1297DTa good1298JJgood ground1299NNground for1300INfor going1301VVGgo into1302INinto it1303PPit or1304CCor not1305RBnot depends1306VVZdepend on1307INon the1308DTthe case1309NNcase .1310SENT. And1311CCand why1312WRBwhy ...1313:... why1314WRBwhy would1315MDwould it1316PPit be1317VBbe any1318DTany different1319JJdifferent here1320RBhere ,1321,, where1322WRBwhere ,1323,, in1324INin fact1325NNfact ,1326,, it1327PPit 's1328VBZbe not1329RBnot even1330RBeven a1331DTa court1332NNcourt ,1333,, and1334CCand you1335PPyou have1336VHPhave a1337DTa law1338NNlaw which1339WDTwhich says1340VVZsay you1341PPyou do1342VVPdo n't1343RBn't even1344RBeven have1345VHhave to1346TOto use1347VVuse court1348NNcourt rules1349NNSrule of1350INof evidence1351NNevidence .1352SENT. I1353PPI ...1354:... I1355PPI ...1356:... you1357PPyou see1358VVPsee my1359PP$my point1360NNpoint ?1361SENT? Maybe1362RBmaybe you1363PPyou 're1364VBPbe right1365JJright .1366SENT. But1367CCbut do1368VVPdo I1369PPI repeat1370VVrepeat it1371PPit ?1372SENT? [MR. BHABHA]1373LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your1374PP$your ...1375:... I1376PPI understand1377VVPunderstand your1378PP$your point1379NNpoint ,1380,, Your1381PP$your Honor1382NPHonor ...1383:... [JUSTICE BREYER]1384LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Okay1385NPOkay .1386SENT. [MR. BHABHA]1387LOC[MR. BHABHA] ...1388:... but1389CCbut ,1390,, with1391INwith respect1392NNrespect ,1393,, I1394PPI ...1395:... I1396PPI disagree1397VVPdisagree with1398INwith it1399PPit ,1400,, and1401CCand for1402INfor two1403CDtwo reasons1404NNSreason .1405SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]1406LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Well1407UHwell ,1408,, I1409PPI 'm1410VBPbe not1411RBnot ...1412:... I1413PPI 'm1414VBPbe asking1415VVGask a1416DTa question1417NNquestion .1418SENT. I1419PPI 'm1420VBPbe saying1421VVGsay why1422WRBwhy is1423VBZbe it1424PPit different1425JJdifferent from1426INfrom even1427RBeven a1428DTa trial1429NNtrial where1430WRBwhere the1431DTthe standard1432NNstandard is1433VBZbe less1434JJRless ,1435,, and1436CCand in1437INin a1438DTa trial1439NNtrial ,1440,, my1441PP$my understanding1442NNunderstanding is1443VBZbe ...1444:... is1445VBZbe that1446IN/thatthat what1447WPwhat you1448PPyou disagree1449VVPdisagree with1450INwith ?1451SENT? Or1452CCor ,1453,, here1454RBhere ,1455,, certainly1456RBcertainly ,1457,, it1458PPit would1459MDwould depend1460VVdepend on1461INon the1462DTthe case1463NNcase .1464SENT. [MR. BHABHA]1465LOC[MR. BHABHA] So1466RBso ,1467,, Your1468PP$your Honor1469NPHonor ,1470,, I1471PPI have1472VHPhave a1473DTa practical1474JJpractical answer1475NNanswer to1476TOto your1477PP$your question1478NNquestion and1479CCand a1480DTa legal1481JJlegal answer1482NNanswer ,1483,, and1484CCand I1485PPI 'd1486MDwould like1487VVlike to1488TOto give1489VVgive both1490DTboth if1491INif I1492PPI might1493MDmight .1494SENT. As1495INas a1496DTa practical1497JJpractical matter1498NNmatter ,1499,, vocational1500JJvocational expert1501NNexpert testimony1502NNtestimony has1503VHZhave been1504VBNbe widely1505RBwidely criticized1506VVNcriticize in1507INin the1508DTthe courts1509NNScourt of1510INof appeals1511NNSappeal ,1512,, with1513INwith courts1514NNScourt noting1515VVGnote that1516IN/thatthat the1517DTthe methodology1518NNmethodology is1519VBZbe at1520INat times1521NNStime preposterous1522JJpreposterous ,1523,, leading1524VVGlead to1525TOto numbers1526NNSnumber that1527WDTthat are1528VBPbe likely1529JJlikely fabrications1530NNSfabrication .1531SENT. And1532CCand as1533INas the1534DTthe NOSSCR1535NPNOSSCR amicus1536NNamicus brief1537NNbrief demonstrates1538VVZdemonstrate ,1539,, for1540INfor the1541DTthe exact1542JJexact same1543JJsame jobs1544NNSjob that1545IN/thatthat our1546PP$our vocational1547JJvocational expert1548NNexpert in1549INin this1550DTthis case1551NNcase opined1552VVDopine there1553EXthere were1554VBDbe 120,0001555CD@card@ jobs1556NNSjob ...1557:... that1558WDTthat was1559VBDbe for1560INfor the1561DTthe nut1562NNnut sorter1563NNsorter or1564CCor the1565DTthe sorter1566NNsorter category1567NNcategory of1568INof jobs1569NNSjob ...1570:... experts1571NNSexpert for1572INfor that1573DTthat exact1574JJexact same1575JJsame job1576NNjob in1577INin almost1578RBalmost identical1579JJidentical time1580NNtime periods1581NNSperiod have1582VHPhave given1583VVNgive numbers1584NNSnumber from1585INfrom the1586DTthe hundreds1587NNShundred up1588RPup to1589TOto 480,0001590CD@card@ .1591SENT. And1592CCand the1593DTthe reason1594NNreason for1595INfor this1596DTthis huge1597JJhuge range1598NNrange in1599INin the1600DTthe answers1601NNSanswer experts1602NNSexpert give1603VVPgive is1604VBZbe it1605PPit 's1606VBZbe not1607RBnot simply1608RBsimply like1609INlike an1610DTan expert1611NNexpert in1612INin these1613DTthese cases1614NNScase is1615VBZbe Googling1616VVGGoogling the1617DTthe number1618NNnumber of1619INof appellate1620JJappellate lawyers1621NNSlawyer in1622INin Washington1623NPWashington ,1624,, D1625NPD .1626SENT. C1627LSc .1628SENT. They1629PPthey have1630VHPhave to1631TOto go1632VVgo first1633JJfirst to1634TOto the1635DTthe Dictionary1636NPDictionary of1637INof Occupational1638NPOccupational Titles1639NNStitle ,1640,, a1641DTa book1642NNbook that1643WDTthat was1644VBDbe written1645VVNwrite in1646INin and1647CCand was1648VBDbe last1649RBlast updated1650VVNupdate in1651INin 19911652CD@card@ ,1653,, and1654CCand involves1655VVZinvolve all1656DTall sort1657NNsort ...1658:... [JUSTICE BREYER]1659LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] But1660CCbut what1661WPwhat you1662PPyou 're1663VBPbe telling1664VVGtell me1665PPme is1666VBZbe that1667IN/thatthat the1668DTthe expert1669NNexpert should1670MDshould ...1671:... they1672PPthey ...1673:... they1674PPthey should1675MDshould have1676VHhave gone1677VVNgo into1678INinto it1679PPit in1680INin this1681DTthis case1682NNcase because1683INbecause it1684PPit was1685VBDbe really1686RBreally rotten1687JJrotten .1688SENT. You1689PPyou have1690VHPhave a1691DTa pretty1692RBpretty good1693JJgood bar1694NNbar ,1695,, and1696CCand you1697PPyou would1698MDwould think1699VVthink that1700IN/thatthat the1701DTthe bar1702NNbar there1703RBthere would1704MDwould find1705VVfind a1706DTa case1707NNcase ...1708:... maybe1709RBmaybe it1710PPit 's1711VBZbe yours1712PP$yours ...1713:... and1714CCand go1715VVgo to1716TOto the1717DTthe court1718NNcourt of1719INof appeals1720NNSappeal and1721CCand say1722VVPsay :1723:: Look1724VVlook ,1725,, you1726PPyou should1727MDshould have1728VHhave looked1729VVNlook into1730INinto this1731DTthis one1732CDone .1733SENT. And1734CCand then1735RBthen ,1736,, when1737WRBwhen they1738PPthey look1739VVPlook into1740INinto that1741DTthat one1742CDone ,1743,, if1744INif they1745PPthey disagree1746VVPdisagree with1747INwith you1748PPyou ,1749,, you1750PPyou would1751MDwould have1752VHhave said1753VVNsay just1754RBjust what1755WPwhat you1756PPyou 're1757VBPbe saying1758VVGsay now1759RBnow .1760SENT. What1761WPWhat I1762PPI do1763VVPdo n't1764RBn't understand1765VVunderstand ,1766,, you1767PPyou see1768VVPsee ...1769:... and1770CCand you1771PPyou might1772MDmight have1773VHhave won1774VVNwin .1775SENT. And1776CCand maybe1777RBmaybe you1778PPyou should1779MDshould win1780VVwin .1781SENT. What1782WPWhat I1783PPI do1784VVPdo n't1785RBn't understand1786VVunderstand is1787VBZbe having1788VHGhave an1789DTan absolute1790JJabsolute rule1791NNrule that1792IN/thatthat every1793DTevery expert1794NNexpert who1795WPwho 's1796VBZbe vocational1797JJvocational ,1798,, regardless1799RBregardless of1800INof what1801WPwhat he1802PPhe relied1803VVDrely on1804INon or1805CCor how1806WRBhow much1807JJmuch trouble1808NNtrouble it1809PPit would1810MDwould be1811VBbe ,1812,, would1813MDwould have1814VHhave to1815TOto ,1816,, without1817INwithout cross-examination1818NNcross-examination or1819CCor a1820DTa strong1821JJstrong basis1822NNbasis in1823INin the1824DTthe law1825NNlaw ,1826,, or1827CCor in1828INin the1829DTthe ...1830:... in1831INin the1832DTthe facts1833NNSfact of1834INof the1835DTthe case1836NNcase ,1837,, why1838WRBwhy he1839PPhe 'd1840MDwould have1841VHhave to1842TOto produce1843VVproduce all1844PDTall this1845DTthis stuff1846NNstuff .1847SENT. Maybe1848RBmaybe it1849PPit is1850VBZbe confidential1851JJconfidential .1852SENT. Maybe1853RBmaybe sometimes1854RBsometimes he1855PPhe should1856MDshould .1857SENT. Maybe1858RBmaybe sometimes1859RBsometimes he1860PPhe should1861MDshould n't1862RBn't .1863SENT. You1864PPyou see1865VVPsee ,1866,, that1867WDTthat 's1868VBZbe my1869PP$my problem1870NNproblem .1871SENT. [MR. BHABHA]1872LOC[MR. BHABHA] I1873PPI understand1874VVPunderstand your1875PP$your problem1876NNproblem ,1877,, Justice1878NPJustice Breyer1879NPBreyer ,1880,, and1881CCand let1882VVlet me1883PPme see1884VVsee if1885INif I1886PPI can1887MDcan address1888VVaddress it1889PPit .1890SENT. The1891DTthe government1892NNgovernment itself1893PPitself ,1894,, I1895PPI would1896MDwould note1897VVnote ,1898,, as1899INas a1900DTa policy1901NNpolicy matter1902NNmatter tells1903VVZtell experts1904NNSexpert you1905PPyou should1906MDshould be1907VBbe prepared1908VVNprepare to1909TOto explain1910VVexplain ,1911,, cite1912VVcite ,1913,, and1914CCand furnish1915VVfurnish the1916DTthe sources1917NNSsource upon1918INupon which1919WDTwhich you1920PPyou rely1921VVPrely .1922SENT. In1923INin the1924DTthe handbook1925NNhandbook that1926IN/thatthat the1927DTthe Social1928NPSocial Security1929NPSecurity Administration1930NPAdministration gives1931VVZgive to1932TOto experts1933NNSexpert ,1934,, it1935PPit says1936VVZsay that1937IN/thatthat five1938CDfive times1939NNStime .1940SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1941LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] That1942DTthat was1943VBDbe after1944INafter ...1945:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]1946LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Well1947UHWell ,1948,, there1949RBthere ...1950:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1951LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...1952:... that1953DTthat ...1954:... that1955DTthat ...1956:... that1957WDTthat was1958VBDbe after1959INafter this1960DTthis case1961NNcase .1962SENT. [MR. BHABHA]1963LOC[MR. BHABHA] That1964DTthat 's1965VBZbe correct1966JJcorrect ,1967,, Your1968PP$your Honor1969NPHonor .1970SENT. That1971DTthat was1972VBDbe ...1973:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1974LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] All1975DTall right1976NNright .1977SENT. So1978RBso that1979DTthat was1980VBDbe n't1981RBn't in1982INin place1983NNplace at1984INat the1985DTthe time1986NNtime .1987SENT. Can1988MDcan I1989PPI go1990VVgo back1991RBback to1992TOto Justice1993NPJustice Breyer1994NPBreyer 's1995POS's initial1996JJinitial question1997NNquestion ,1998,, and1999CCand perhaps2000RBperhaps Justice2001NPJustice Alito's2002NPAlito's .2003SENT. You2004PPyou say2005VVPsay very2006RBvery explicitly2007RBexplicitly in2008INin your2009PP$your reply2010NNreply brief2011NNbrief you2012PPyou 're2013VBPbe not2014RBnot asking2015VVGask for2016INfor an2017DTan absolute2018JJabsolute rule2019NNrule that2020IN/thatthat an2021DTan ...2022:... that2023IN/thatthat an2024DTan expert2025NNexpert must2026MDmust ,2027,, before2028INbefore testifying2029VVGtestify ,2030,, produce2031VVproduce these2032DTthese materials2033NNSmaterial .2034SENT. You2035PPyou make2036VVPmake an2037DTan exception2038NNexception for2039INfor when2040WRBwhen it2041PPit 's2042VBZbe asked2043VVNask for2044INfor .2045SENT. But2046CCbut you2047PPyou also2048RBalso concede2049VVPconcede in2050INin your2051PP$your reply2052NNreply brief2053NNbrief that2054IN/thatthat there2055EXthere might2056MDmight be2057VBbe situations2058NNSsituation where2059WRBwhere it2060PPit 's2061VBZbe not2062RBnot necessary2063JJnecessary ,2064,, where2065WRBwhere the2066DTthe expert2067NNexpert opines2068VVZopine ,2069,, does2070VVZdo n't2071RBn't produce2072VVproduce their2073PP$their materials2074NNSmaterial ,2075,, but2076CCbut there2077EXthere 's2078VBZbe other2079JJother independent2080JJindependent evidence2081NNevidence that2082WDTthat 's2083VBZbe reliable2084JJreliable and2085CCand could2086MDcould be2087VBbe relied2088VVNrely upon2089RPupon to2090TOto constitute2091VVconstitute substantial2092JJsubstantial evidence2093NNevidence .2094SENT. And2095CCand so2096RBso there2097EXthere 's2098VBZbe no2099DTno absolute2100JJabsolute rule2101NNrule according2102VVGaccord to2103TOto you2104PPyou .2105SENT. But2106CCbut what2107WPwhat you2108PPyou 're2109VBPbe asking2110VVGask us2111PPus now2112RBnow to2113TOto hold2114VVhold ,2115,, I2116PPI think2117VVPthink ,2118,, is2119VBZbe that2120IN/thatthat ,2121,, as2122INas a2123DTa matter2124NNmatter of2125INof law2126NNlaw ,2127,, an2128DTan expert2129NNexpert who2130WPwho opines2131VVZopine on2132INon something2133NNsomething and2134CCand refuses2135VVZrefuse to2136TOto provide2137VVprovide the2138DTthe sources2139NNSsource is2140VBZbe sufficiently2141RBsufficiently unreliable2142JJunreliable that2143IN/thatthat it2144PPit does2145VVZdo n't2146RBn't constitute2147VVconstitute substantial2148JJsubstantial evidence2149NNevidence .2150SENT. Is2151VBZbe that2152IN/thatthat what2153WPwhat you2154PPyou 're2155VBPbe trying2156VVGtry ...2157:... [MR. BHABHA]2158LOC[MR. BHABHA] Not2159RBnot ...2160:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2161LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...2162:... to2163TOto get2164VVget us2165PPus to2166TOto ...2167:... [MR. BHABHA]2168LOC[MR. BHABHA] ...2169:... not2170RBnot exactly2171RBexactly ,2172,, Justice2173NPJustice Sotomayor2174NPSotomayor ,2175,, if2176INif I2177PPI can2178MDcan be2179VBbe very2180RBvery clear2181JJclear on2182INon the2183DTthe rule2184NNrule that2185IN/thatthat the2186DTthe Seventh2187NPSeventh Circuit2188NPCircuit has2189VHZhave held2190VVNhold and2191CCand that2192IN/thatthat we2193PPwe are2194VBPbe arguing2195VVGargue for2196INfor in2197INin this2198DTthis Court2199NPCourt .2200SENT. In2201INin this2202DTthis context2203NNcontext ,2204,, when2205WRBwhen an2206DTan expert2207NNexpert is2208VBZbe providing2209VVGprovide statistical2210JJstatistical data2211NNSdatum and2212CCand then2213RBthen cites2214VVZcite to2215TOto statistical2216JJstatistical sources2217NNSsource they2218PPthey rely2219VVPrely upon2220RPupon ,2221,, and2222CCand say2223VVPsay these2224DTthese are2225VBPbe the2226DTthe sources2227NNSsource ,2228,, and2229CCand these2230DTthese are2231VBPbe not2232RBnot public2233JJpublic sources2234NNSsource ,2235,, this2236DTthis expert2237NNexpert relied2238VVNrely on2239INon two2240CDtwo sources2241NNSsource ,2242,, one2243CDone of2244INof which2245WDTwhich was2246VBDbe private2247JJprivate .2248SENT. We2249PPwe had2250VHDhave never2251RBnever seen2252VVNsee it2253PPit .2254SENT. The2255DTthe ALJ2256NPALJ never2257RBnever saw2258VVDsee it2259PPit .2260SENT. In2261INin that2262DTthat situation2263NNsituation ,2264,, the2265DTthe Seventh2266NPSeventh Circuit2267NPCircuit has2268VHZhave held2269VVNhold that2270IN/thatthat if2271INif you2272PPyou ask2273VVPask the2274DTthe expert2275NNexpert ,2276,, just2277RBjust show2278VVPshow me2279PPme the2280DTthe sources2281NNSsource that2282IN/thatthat you2283PPyou yourself2284PPyourself are2285VBPbe relying2286VVGrely upon2287RPupon so2288RBso that2289IN/thatthat the2290DTthe agency2291NNagency can2292MDcan make2293VVmake a2294DTa determination2295NNdetermination and2296CCand so2297RBso that2298IN/thatthat we2299PPwe can2300MDcan conduct2301VVconduct a2302DTa meaningful2303JJmeaningful cross-examination2304NNcross-examination ,2305,, in2306INin that2307DTthat situation2308NNsituation ,2309,, the2310DTthe say-so2311NNsay-so is2312VBZbe not2313RBnot enough2314JJenough .2315SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2316LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] All2317DTall right2318NNright .2319SENT. You2320PPyou 're2321VBPbe defining2322VVGdefine meaningful2323JJmeaningful .2324SENT. But2325CCbut let2326VVPlet 's2327VBZbe ...2328:... let2329VVlet me2330PPme pose2331VVpose a2332DTa hypothetical2333JJhypothetical .2334SENT. Expert2335NNexpert says2336VVZsay what2337WPwhat this2338DTthis expert2339NNexpert says2340VVZsay ,2341,, and2342CCand you2343PPyou get2344VVPget up2345RPup and2346CCand say2347VVsay :2348:: How2349WRBHow many2350JJmany of2351INof these2352DTthese people2353NNSpeople had2354VHDhave the2355DTthe same2356JJsame conditions2357NNScondition as2358INas my2359PP$my client2360NNclient has2361VHZhave ?2362SENT? And2363CCand the2364DTthe expert2365NNexpert says2366VVZsay :2367:: Virtually2368RBvirtually every2369DTevery one2370CDone of2371INof them2372PPthem .2373SENT. How2374WRBHow many2375JJmany people2376NNSpeople did2377VVDdo you2378PPyou do2379VVPdo research2380NNresearch on2381INon with2382INwith respect2383NNrespect to2384TOto this2385DTthis issue2386NNissue ?2387SENT? I2388PPI contacted2389VVDcontact about2390RBabout 152391CD@card@ businesses2392NNSbusiness .2393SENT. Have2394VHPhave you2395PPyou placed2396VVDplace these2397DTthese kinds2398NNSkind of2399INof individuals2400NNSindividual in2401INin the2402DTthe kinds2403NNSkind of2404INof jobs2405NNSjob you2406PPyou 've2407VHPhave talked2408VVNtalk about2409RBabout ?2410SENT? Yes2411UHyes ,2412,, a2413DTa hundred2414CDhundred of2415INof them2416PPthem .2417SENT. Whatever2418WDTwhatever ...2419:... do2420VVPdo you2421PPyou believe2422VVPbelieve that2423IN/thatthat ,2424,, in2425INin that2426DTthat circumstance2427NNcircumstance ,2428,, you2429PPyou could2430MDcould stand2431VVstand here2432RBhere and2433CCand say2434VVPsay that2435IN/thatthat there2436EXthere was2437VBDbe n't2438RBn't substantial2439JJsubstantial evidence2440NNevidence from2441INfrom which2442WDTwhich the2443DTthe ALJ2444NPALJ could2445MDcould rely2446VVrely upon2447RPupon ,2448,, even2449RBeven if2450INif you2451PPyou had2452VHDhave not2453RBnot seen2454VVNsee the2455DTthe underlying2456VVGunderlie records2457NNSrecord ?2458SENT? [MR. BHABHA]2459LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your2460PP$your Honor2461NPHonor ,2462,, I2463PPI think2464VVPthink ...2465:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2466LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] I2467PPI 'm2468VBPbe giving2469VVGgive you2470PPyou the2471DTthe best2472JJSgood case2473NNcase for2474INfor them2475PPthem ,2476,, because2477INbecause the2478DTthe better2479JJRgood case2480NNcase for2481INfor you2482PPyou is2483VBZbe for2484INfor her2485PPher to2486TOto say2487VVsay :2488:: Well2489UHWell ,2490,, I2491PPI 've2492VHPhave never2493RBnever really2494RBreally placed2495VVNplace anyone2496NNanyone with2497INwith that2498DTthat ...2499:... with2500INwith those2501DTthose conditions2502NNScondition .2503SENT. I2504PPI only2505RBonly checked2506VVDcheck one2507CDone employer2508NNemployer .2509SENT. But2510CCbut I2511PPI 'm2512VBPbe extrapolating2513VVGextrapolate from2514INfrom that2515IN/thatthat some2516DTsome sort2517NNsort of2518INof methodology2519NNmethodology that2520WDTthat really2521RBreally could2522MDcould be2523VBbe questionable2524JJquestionable .2525SENT. Those2526DTthose are2527VBPbe the2528DTthe two2529CDtwo extremes2530NNSextreme we2531PPwe have2532VHPhave ,2533,, is2534VBZbe n't2535RBn't it2536PPit ?2537SENT? [MR. BHABHA]2538LOC[MR. BHABHA] That2539DTthat 's2540VBZbe right2541JJright ,2542,, Your2543PP$your Honor2544NPHonor .2545SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2546LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] All2547DTall right2548NNright ,2549,, the2550DTthe potential2551JJpotential extremes2552NNSextreme we2553PPwe have2554VHPhave .2555SENT. But2556CCbut no2557DTno one2558CDone asked2559VVDask any2560DTany of2561INof those2562DTthose questions2563NNSquestion below2564INbelow for2565INfor us2566PPus to2567TOto make2568VVmake a2569DTa judgment2570NNjudgment about2571RBabout whether2572INwhether the2573DTthe ALJ2574NPALJ 's2575POS's ruling2576NNruling was2577VBDbe reasonable2578JJreasonable or2579CCor not2580RBnot .2581SENT. [MR. BHABHA]2582LOC[MR. BHABHA] So2583RBso ,2584,, Your2585PP$your Honor2586NPHonor ,2587,, if2588INif I2589PPI can2590MDcan answer2591VVanswer your2592PP$your question2593NNquestion in2594INin two2595CDtwo ways2596NNSway .2597SENT. First2598RBfirst ,2599,, I2600PPI think2601VVPthink ours2602PPours is2603VBZbe the2604DTthe easier2605JJReasy case2606NNcase because2607INbecause ,2608,, here2609RBhere ,2610,, the2611DTthe expert2612NNexpert did2613VVDdo n't2614RBn't say2615VVsay it2616PPit was2617VBDbe my2618PP$my experience2619NNexperience .2620SENT. She2621PPshe said2622VVDsay labor2623NNlabor market2624NNmarket surveys2625NNSsurvey .2626SENT. And2627CCand so2628RBso the2629DTthe expert2630NNexpert explicitly2631RBexplicitly did2632VVDdo n't2633RBn't say2634VVsay ,2635,, I2636PPI have2637VHPhave placed2638VVNplace a2639DTa number2640NNnumber of2641INof people2642NNSpeople .2643SENT. But2644CCbut taking2645VVGtake Your2646PP$your Honor2647NPHonor 's2648POS's hypothetical2649JJhypothetical head2650NNhead on2651INon ,2652,, in2653INin a2654DTa situation2655NNsituation in2656INin which2657WDTwhich a2658DTa vocational2659JJvocational expert2660NNexpert says2661VVZsay I2662PPI 've2663VHPhave placed2664VVNplace a2665DTa number2666NNnumber of2667INof people2668NNSpeople over2669INover my2670PP$my 10-year2671JJ10-year career2672NNcareer in2673INin this2674DTthis position2675NNposition or2676CCor in2677INin these2678DTthese sets2679NNSset of2680INof positions2681NNSposition ,2682,, I2683PPI think2684VVPthink it2685PPit is2686VBZbe likely2687JJlikely that2688WDTthat would2689MDwould not2690RBnot be2691VBbe substantial2692JJsubstantial evidence2693NNevidence ,2694,, and2695CCand here2696RBhere 's2697VBZbe why2698WRBwhy ,2699,, Your2700PP$your Honor2701NPHonor .2702SENT. Section2703NNsection 4232704CD@card@ (2705(( d2706LSd )2707)) (2708(( 22709LS2 )2710)) (2711(( A2712NPA )2713)) ,2714,, the2715DTthe statutory2716JJstatutory provision2717NNprovision here2718RBhere ,2719,, requires2720VVZrequire that2721IN/thatthat there2722EXthere be2723VBbe a2724DTa significant2725JJsignificant number2726NNnumber of2727INof jobs2728NNSjob in2729INin the2730DTthe national2731JJnational economy2732NNeconomy .2733SENT. Now2734RBnow that2735DTthat number2736NNnumber has2737VHZhave ...2738:... what2739WPwhat "2740``" significant2741JJsignificant "2742''" means2743NNmeans is2744VBZbe a2745DTa subject2746NNsubject of2747INof some2748DTsome debates2749NNSdebate in2750INin the2751DTthe courts2752NNScourt of2753INof appeals2754NNSappeal and2755CCand it2756PPit appears2757VVZappear to2758TOto be2759VBbe a2760DTa multi-factor2761NNmulti-factor test2762NNtest .2763SENT. But2764CCbut what2765WPwhat is2766VBZbe critical2767JJcritical is2768VBZbe that2769WDTthat 's2770VBZbe at2771INat least2772JJSleast in2773INin the2774DTthe hundreds2775NNShundred ,2776,, and2777CCand likely2778RBlikely in2779INin the2780DTthe thousands2781NNSthousand .2782SENT. And2783CCand these2784DTthese types2785NNStype of2786INof jobs2787NNSjob that2788WDTthat are2789VBPbe getting2790VVGget placed2791VVNplace are2792VBPbe very2793RBvery specific2794JJspecific jobs2795NNSjob with2796INwith people2797NNSpeople with2798INwith very2799RBvery specific2800JJspecific limitations2801NNSlimitation .2802SENT. So2803RBso even2804RBeven if2805INif an2806DTan expert2807NNexpert said2808VVDsay I2809PPI 've2810VHPhave placed2811VVNplace 152812CD@card@ people2813NNSpeople over2814INover the2815DTthe last2816JJlast 102817CD@card@ years2818NNSyear in2819INin these2820DTthese jobs2821NNSjob with2822INwith similar2823JJsimilar limitations2824NNSlimitation to2825TOto your2826PP$your client2827NNclient ,2828,, that2829WDTthat does2830VVZdo n't2831RBn't provide2832VVprovide a2833DTa basis2834NNbasis to2835TOto know2836VVknow that2837IN/thatthat there2838EXthere are2839VBPbe hundreds2840NNShundred or2841CCor thousands2842NNSthousand of2843INof those2844DTthose jobs2845NNSjob .2846SENT. And2847CCand I2848PPI think2849VVPthink it2850PPit 's2851VBZbe for2852INfor that2853DTthat reason2854NNreason that2855IN/thatthat vocational2856JJvocational experts2857NNSexpert rely2858VVPrely on2859INon surveys2860NNSsurvey and2861CCand not2862RBnot only2863RBonly their2864PP$their own2865JJown personal2866JJpersonal experience2867NNexperience in2868INin propounding2869VVGpropound their2870PP$their testimony2871NNtestimony .2872SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2873LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] But2874CCbut I2875PPI think2876VVPthink you2877PPyou 're2878VBPbe missing2879VVGmiss the2880DTthe point2881NNpoint ,2882,, which2883WDTwhich is2884VBZbe you2885PPyou would2886MDwould n't2887RBn't have2888VHhave needed2889VVNneed the2890DTthe surveys2891NNSsurvey to2892TOto make2893VVmake the2894DTthe argument2895NNargument you2896PPyou just2897RBjust made2898VVDmake .2899SENT. You2900PPyou could2901MDcould have2902VHhave questioned2903VVNquestion the2904DTthe expert2905NNexpert and2906CCand shown2907VVNshow the2908DTthe lack2909NNlack of2910INof a2911DTa sufficient2912JJsufficient basis2913NNbasis for2914INfor their2915PP$their conclusion2916NNconclusion and2917CCand then2918RBthen made2919VVDmake that2920DTthat argument2921NNargument to2922TOto the2923DTthe ALJ2924NPALJ .2925SENT. What2926WPWhat I2927PPI 'm2928VBPbe trying2929VVGtry to2930TOto get2931VVget at2932INat is2933VBZbe I2934PPI understand2935VVPunderstand the2936DTthe need2937NNneed in2938INin some2939DTsome situations2940NNSsituation to2941TOto actually2942RBactually see2943VVsee the2944DTthe surveys2945NNSsurvey ,2946,, but2947CCbut do2948VVPdo n't2949RBn't you2950PPyou have2951VHPhave to2952TOto lay2953VVlay at2954INat least2955JJSleast some2956DTsome predicate2957JJpredicate ground2958NNground for2959INfor why2960WRBwhy that2961DTthat 's2962VBZbe necessary2963JJnecessary in2964INin your2965PP$your particular2966JJparticular case2967NNcase ?2968SENT? [MR. BHABHA]2969LOC[MR. BHABHA] I2970PPI understand2971VVPunderstand your2972PP$your question2973NNquestion ,2974,, Your2975PP$your Honor2976NPHonor .2977SENT. I2978PPI think2979VVPthink initially2980RBinitially I2981PPI will2982MDwill just2983RBjust say2984VVsay as2985INas a2986DTa factual2987JJfactual matter2988NNmatter ,2989,, and2990CCand I2991PPI think2992VVPthink the2993DTthe record2994NNrecord bears2995VVZbear this2996DTthis out2997RPout ,2998,, as2999RBas soon3000RBsoon as3001INas my3002PP$my client3003NNclient 's3004POS's or3005CCor claimant3006NNclaimant 's3007POS's representative3008NNrepresentative asked3009VVDask for3010INfor the3011DTthe surveys3012NNSsurvey ,3013,, the3014DTthe ALJ3015NPALJ made3016VVDmake clear3017JJclear she3018PPshe was3019VBDbe n't3020RBn't going3021VVGgo to3022TOto give3023VVgive them3024PPthem .3025SENT. So3026RBso I3027PPI do3028VVPdo n't3029RBn't think3030VVthink there3031EXthere was3032VBDbe any3033DTany opportunity3034NNopportunity even3035RBeven to3036TOto proffer3037VVproffer reasons3038NNSreason .3039SENT. But3040CCbut even3041RBeven beyond3042INbeyond that3043DTthat ,3044,, Your3045PP$your Honor3046NPHonor ,3047,, it3048PPit is3049VBZbe the3050DTthe government3051NNgovernment 's3052POS's burden3053NNburden at3054INat this3055DTthis stage3056NNstage .3057SENT. And3058CCand given3059VVNgive the3060DTthe nature3061NNnature of3062INof this3063DTthis type3064NNtype of3065INof statistical3066JJstatistical testimony3067NNtestimony ,3068,, even3069RBeven at3070INat cross-examination3071NNcross-examination ,3072,, when3073WRBwhen ,3074,, as3075RBas in3076INin our3077PP$our case3078NNcase ,3079,, an3080DTan expert3081NNexpert says3082VVZsay I3083PPI relied3084VVDrely on3085INon public3086JJpublic data3087NNSdatum and3088CCand I3089PPI relied3090VVDrely on3091INon private3092JJprivate data3093NNSdatum ,3094,, it3095PPit is3096VBZbe hard3097JJhard for3098INfor me3099PPme to3100TOto conceive3101VVconceive of3102INof what3103WPwhat kind3104NNkind of3105INof a3106DTa meaningful3107JJmeaningful cross3108NNcross you3109PPyou could3110MDcould do3111VVdo of3112INof the3113DTthe private3114JJprivate data3115NNSdatum .3116SENT. The3117DTthe expert3118NNexpert then3119RBthen provides3120VVZprovide her3121PP$her answers3122NNSanswer about3123INabout this3124DTthis is3125VBZbe what3126WPwhat the3127DTthe data3128NNSdatum said3129VVDsay ,3130,, this3131DTthis is3132VBZbe what3133WPwhat I3134PPI did3135VVDdo to3136TOto the3137DTthe data3138NNSdatum ,3139,, but3140CCbut there3141EXthere 's3142VBZbe no3143DTno way3144NNway of3145INof verifying3146VVGverify any3147DTany of3148INof those3149DTthose kind3150NNkind of3151INof answers3152NNSanswer .3153SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3154LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well3155UHWell ,3156,, one3157CDone way3158NNway ...3159:... one3160CDone way3161NNway to3162TOto be3163VBbe ...3164:... to3165TOto look3166VVlook at3167INat the3168DTthe publicly3169RBpublicly available3170JJavailable data3171NNSdatum ,3172,, right3173RBright ,3174,, and3175CCand there3176EXthere was3177VBDbe no3178RBno questioning3179VVGquestion about3180RBabout that3181IN/thatthat ,3182,, was3183VBDbe there3184RBthere ?3185SENT? I3186PPI mean3187VVPmean ,3188,, to3189TOto the3190DTthe extent3191NNextent the3192DTthe Bureau3193NPBureau of3194INof Labor3195NPLabor Statistics3196NPSStatistics information3197NNinformation shows3198NNSshow ,3199,, you3200PPyou say3201VVPsay ,3202,, 8,0003203CD@card@ jobs3204NNSjob in3205INin southwestern3206JJsouthwestern Michigan3207NPMichigan ,3208,, if3209INif that3210WDTthat 's3211VBZbe where3212WRBwhere it3213PPit was3214VBDbe ,3215,, and3216CCand the3217DTthe Bureau3218NPBureau of3219INof Labor3220NPLabor Statistics3221NPSStatistics shows3222VVZshow a3223DTa different3224JJdifferent number3225NNnumber ,3226,, why3227WRBwhy did3228VVDdo you3229PPyou choose3230VVPchoose eight3231CDeight ?3232SENT? In3233INin other3234JJother words3235NNSword ,3236,, there3237RBthere ...3238:... there3239EXthere were3240VBDbe fields3241NNSfield ,3242,, I3243PPI 'm3244VBPbe not3245RBnot saying3246VVGsay there3247EXthere are3248VBPbe ample3249JJample fields3250NNSfield ,3251,, but3252CCbut there3253EXthere are3254VBPbe fields3255NNSfield for3256INfor fertile3257JJfertile cross-examination3258NNcross-examination that3259WDTthat were3260VBDbe n't3261RBn't explored3262VVNexplore ,3263,, I3264PPI think3265VVPthink .3266SENT. [MR. BHABHA]3267LOC[MR. BHABHA] Mr3268NPMr .3269SENT. Chief3270NPChief Justice3271NPJustice ,3272,, I3273PPI think3274VVPthink it3275PPit is3276VBZbe certainly3277RBcertainly a3278DTa different3279JJdifferent case3280NNcase if3281INif an3282DTan expert3283NNexpert only3284RBonly relies3285VVZrely on3286INon public3287JJpublic data3288NNSdatum .3289SENT. Then3290RBthen I3291PPI absolutely3292RBabsolutely agree3293VVPagree you3294PPyou have3295VHPhave exactly3296RBexactly what3297WPwhat the3298DTthe expert3299NNexpert relied3300VVNrely upon3301RPupon .3302SENT. In3303INin a3304DTa case3305NNcase like3306INlike this3307DTthis ,3308,, however3309RBhowever ,3310,, and3311CCand I3312PPI think3313VVPthink in3314INin many3315JJmany cases3316NNScase like3317INlike this3318DTthis ...3319:... and3320CCand this3321DTthis is3322VBZbe why3323WRBwhy vocational3324JJvocational expert3325NNexpert testimony3326NNtestimony has3327VHZhave been3328VBNbe a3329DTa subject3330NNsubject of3331INof criticism3332NNcriticism ...3333:... the3334DTthe public3335JJpublic data3336NNdata alone3337RBalone is3338VBZbe not3339RBnot only3340RBonly not3341RBnot enough3342JJenough ,3343,, but3344CCbut it3345PPit is3346VBZbe often3347RBoften of3348INof an3349DTan entirely3350RBentirely different3351JJdifferent character3352NNcharacter because3353INbecause the3354DTthe taxonomy3355NNtaxonomy in3356INin the3357DTthe public3358JJpublic data3359NNSdatum ,3360,, in3361INin the3362DTthe BLS3363NPBLS data3364NNSdatum ,3365,, uses3366VVZuse a3367DTa far3368RBfar larger3369JJRlarge definition3370NNdefinition of3371INof jobs3372NNSjob than3373INthan what3374WPwhat the3375DTthe DOT3376NPDOT ,3377,, the3378DTthe Dictionary3379NPDictionary of3380INof Occupational3381NPOccupational Titles3382NNStitle ,3383,, codes3384NNScode ,3385,, which3386WDTwhich is3387VBZbe what3388WPwhat the3389DTthe AL3390NPal ...3391:... the3392DTthe A3393NPA ...3394:... the3395DTthe VE3396NNVE is3397VBZbe required3398VVNrequire to3399TOto identify3400VVidentify .3401SENT. So3402RBso what3403WPwhat happens3404VVZhappen is3405VBZbe ,3406,, in3407INin our3408PP$our case3409NNcase ,3410,, for3411INfor example3412NNexample ,3413,, the3414DTthe SOC3415NPSOC ,3416,, the3417DTthe Standard3418NPStandard Occupational3419NPOccupational Classification3420NPClassification codes3421NNScode in3422INin the3423DTthe Census3424NPCensus ,3425,, encompass3426VVPencompass in3427INin some3428DTsome cases3429NNScase hundreds3430NNShundred of3431INof DOT3432NPDOT codes3433NNScode .3434SENT. And3435CCand so3436RBso ,3437,, when3438WRBwhen you3439PPyou look3440VVPlook at3441INat the3442DTthe overall3443JJoverall number3444NNnumber that3445WDTthat comes3446VVZcome from3447INfrom the3448DTthe Census3449NPCensus ,3450,, that3451WDTthat could3452MDcould be3453VBbe in3454INin the3455DTthe thousands3456NNSthousand or3457CCor in3458INin the3459DTthe hundred3460CDhundred thousands3461NNSthousand ,3462,, but3463CCbut the3464DTthe critical3465JJcritical question3466NNquestion ...3467:... and3468CCand this3469DTthis is3470VBZbe what3471WPwhat the3472DTthe vocational3473JJvocational expert3474NNexpert is3475VBZbe required3476VVNrequire to3477TOto do3478VVdo ...3479:... is3480VBZbe to3481TOto say3482VVsay how3483WRBhow many3484JJmany jobs3485NNSjob with3486INwith somebody3487NNsomebody with3488INwith this3489DTthis level3490NNlevel of3491INof education3492NNeducation ,3493,, this3494DTthis skill3495NNskill level3496NNlevel ,3497,, these3498DTthese kind3499NNkind of3500INof disabilities3501NNSdisability ,3502,, how3503WRBhow many3504JJmany jobs3505NNSjob are3506VBPbe available3507JJavailable for3508INfor them3509PPthem .3510SENT. So3511RBso ,3512,, while3513INwhile I3514PPI agree3515VVPagree that3516IN/thatthat BLS3517NPBLS source3518NNsource was3519VBDbe available3520JJavailable ,3521,, it3522PPit was3523VBDbe a3524DTa very3525RBvery partial3526JJpartial source3527NNsource at3528INat best3529JJSgood .3530SENT. And3531CCand I3532PPI think3533VVPthink the3534DTthe critical3535JJcritical question3536NNquestion ...3537:... and3538CCand that3539DTthat 's3540VBZbe why3541WRBwhy the3542DTthe experts3543NNSexpert in3544INin this3545DTthis situation3546NNsituation did3547VVDdo n't3548RBn't only3549RBonly rely3550VVrely on3551INon the3552DTthe BLS3553NPBLS data3554NNSdatum ...3555:... was3556VBDbe because3557INbecause there3558RBthere needed3559VVNneed to3560TOto be3561VBbe a3562DTa significant3563JJsignificant winnowing3564VVGwinnow of3565INof those3566DTthose numbers3567NNSnumber to3568TOto get3569VVget to3570TOto the3571DTthe answers3572NNSanswer to3573TOto the3574DTthe ALJ3575NPALJ 's3576POS's hypo3577NNhypo .3578SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3579LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well3580UHWell ,3581,, that3582WDTthat 's3583VBZbe a3584DTa good3585JJgood ...3586:... it3587PPit strikes3588VVZstrike me3589PPme that3590IN/thatthat that3591DTthat 's3592VBZbe a3593DTa good3594JJgood argument3595NNargument to3596TOto have3597VHhave made3598VVNmake before3599INbefore the3600DTthe ALJ3601NPALJ ,3602,, at3603INat which3604WDTwhich point3605NNpoint the3606DTthe ALJ3607NPALJ may3608MDmay have3609VHhave said3610VVNsay ,3611,, well3612RBwell ,3613,, I3614PPI see3615VVPsee that3616IN/thatthat now3617RBnow ,3618,, and3619CCand you3620PPyou should3621MDshould have3622VHhave access3623NNaccess to3624TOto the3625DTthe private3626JJprivate data3627NNSdatum and3628CCand you3629PPyou can3630MDcan just3631RBjust redact3632VVredact it3633PPit .3634SENT. But3635CCbut that3636DTthat was3637VBDbe n't3638RBn't ...3639:... that3640WDTthat was3641VBDbe n't3642RBn't done3643VVNdo here3644RBhere .3645SENT. [MR. BHABHA]3646LOC[MR. BHABHA] Well3647UHWell ,3648,, Your3649PP$your Honor3650NPHonor ,3651,, the3652DTthe one3653CDone thing3654NNthing that3655WDTthat was3656VBDbe done3657VVNdo ...3658:... I3659PPI agree3660VVPagree ,3661,, that3662WDTthat was3663VBDbe n't3664RBn't laid3665VVNlay out3666RPout to3667TOto the3668DTthe ALJ3669NPALJ .3670SENT. What3671WPWhat was3672VBDbe laid3673VVNlay out3674INout the3675DTthe first3676JJfirst time3677NNtime that3678IN/thatthat we3679PPwe asked3680VVDask for3681INfor the3682DTthe data3683NNSdatum and3684CCand were3685VBDbe refused3686VVNrefuse ,3687,, immediately3688RBimmediately ,3689,, counsel3690NNcounsel said3691VVDsay :3692:: Look3693NNlook ,3694,, it3695PPit 's3696VBZbe a3697DTa substantial3698JJsubstantial evidence3699NNevidence standard3700NNstandard .3701SENT. These3702DTthese vague3703JJvague conclusions3704NNSconclusion are3705VBPbe not3706RBnot enough3707RBenough .3708SENT. So3709RBso I3710PPI think3711VVPthink it3712PPit was3713VBDbe certainly3714RBcertainly put3715VVNput in3716INin issue3717NNissue to3718TOto the3719DTthe ALJ3720NPALJ ,3721,, we3722PPwe need3723VVPneed something3724NNsomething more3725RBRmore .3726SENT. And3727CCand I3728PPI would3729MDwould just3730RBjust note3731VVnote that3732IN/thatthat this3733DTthis is3734VBZbe a3735DTa very3736RBvery specific3737JJspecific type3738NNtype of3739INof testimony3740NNtestimony .3741SENT. This3742DTthis is3743VBZbe testimony3744NNtestimony where3745WRBwhere a3746DTa witness3747NNwitness is3748VBZbe giving3749VVGgive statistical3750JJstatistical answers3751NNSanswer ,3752,, identifying3753VVGidentify statistical3754JJstatistical sources3755NNSsource .3756SENT. And3757CCand I3758PPI think3759VVPthink it3760PPit would3761MDwould be3762VBbe rare3763JJrare in3764INin administrative3765JJadministrative procedure3766NNprocedure in3767INin that3768DTthat situation3769NNsituation for3770INfor an3771DTan agency3772NNagency to3773TOto say3774VVsay :3775:: Yes3776UHyes ,3777,, there3778EXthere are3779VBPbe these3780DTthese data3781NNdata sources3782NNSsource ,3783,, they3784PPthey are3785VBPbe the3786DTthe sole3787JJsole basis3788NNbasis for3789INfor the3790DTthe testimony3791NNtestimony ,3792,, but3793CCbut no3794DTno regulated3795JJregulated party3796NNparty or3797CCor no3798DTno party3799NNparty before3800INbefore the3801DTthe agency3802NNagency ,3803,, you3804PPyou can3805MDcan 't3806RB't see3807VVsee those3808DTthose sources3809NNSsource in3810INin order3811NNorder to3812TOto meaningfully3813RBmeaningfully challenge3814VVchallenge the3815DTthe conclusions3816NNSconclusion of3817INof the3818DTthe expert3819NNexpert .3820SENT. And3821CCand I3822PPI think3823VVPthink ,3824,, Your3825PP$your Honors3826NNShonors ,3827,, Perales3828NPPerales is3829VBZbe an3830DTan interesting3831JJinteresting case3832NNcase in3833INin this3834DTthis respect3835NNrespect .3836SENT. Now3837RBnow we3838PPwe agree3839VVPagree with3840INwith the3841DTthe government3842NNgovernment ,3843,, for3844INfor sure3845RBsure ,3846,, Perales3847NPPerales discusses3848VVZdiscuss procedural3849JJprocedural due3850JJdue process3851NNprocess .3852SENT. But3853CCbut equally3854RBequally crucial3855JJcrucial in3856INin Perales3857NPPerales ,3858,, Perales3859NPPerales came3860VVDcome under3861INunder Section3862NPSection 4053863CD@card@ (3864(( g3865NNg )3866)) of3867INof the3868DTthe Social3869NPSocial Security3870NPSecurity Act3871NPAct ,3872,, the3873DTthe very3874RBvery same3875JJsame provision3876NNprovision we3877PPwe have3878VHPhave at3879INat issue3880NNissue here3881RBhere .3882SENT. And3883CCand the3884DTthe question3885NNquestion presented3886VVNpresent by3887INby the3888DTthe government3889NNgovernment in3890INin Perales3891NPPerales to3892TOto the3893DTthe Court3894NPCourt was3895VBDbe whether3896INwhether or3897CCor not3898RBnot the3899DTthe medical3900JJmedical expert3901NNexpert testimony3902NNtestimony in3903INin that3904DTthat context3905NNcontext could3906MDcould be3907VBbe substantial3908JJsubstantial evidence3909NNevidence .3910SENT. And3911CCand I3912PPI think3913VVPthink what3914WPwhat 's3915VBZbe important3916JJimportant about3917INabout Perales3918NPPerales is3919VBZbe that3920IN/thatthat ,3921,, in3922INin part3923NNpart 53924CD5 of3925INof the3926DTthe opinion3927NNopinion ,3928,, while3929INwhile certainly3930RBcertainly also3931RBalso discussing3932VVGdiscuss procedural3933JJprocedural due3934JJdue process3935NNprocess issues3936NNSissue ,3937,, the3938DTthe Court3939NPCourt in3940INin Perales3941NPPerales gives3942VVZgive indicia3943NNindicia of3944INof why3945WRBwhy the3946DTthe testimony3947NNtestimony there3948RBthere had3949VHDhave probative3950JJprobative value3951NNvalue and3952CCand why3953WRBwhy it3954PPit was3955VBDbe reliable3956JJreliable .3957SENT. And3958CCand I3959PPI think3960VVPthink it3961PPit 's3962VBZbe very3963RBvery important3964JJimportant to3965TOto look3966VVlook at3967INat that3968DTthat case3969NNcase because3970INbecause ,3971,, there3972RBthere ,3973,, the3974DTthe medical3975JJmedical experts3976NNSexpert did3977VVDdo n't3978RBn't just3979RBjust give3980VVgive conclusions3981NNSconclusion .3982SENT. What3983WPWhat the3984DTthe Court3985NPCourt noted3986VVDnote specifically3987RBspecifically in3988INin Perales3989NPPerales was3990VBDbe that3991IN/thatthat they3992PPthey laid3993VVDlay out3994RPout the3995DTthe tests3996NNStest that3997WDTthat were3998VBDbe conducted3999VVNconduct ,4000,, the4001DTthe results4002NNSresult of4003INof those4004DTthose tests4005NNStest ,4006,, the4007DTthe types4008NNStype of4009INof surgeries4010NNSsurgery that4011WDTthat were4012VBDbe conducted4013VVNconduct ,4014,, and4015CCand the4016DTthe results4017NNSresult after4018INafter surgery4019NNsurgery .4020SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]4021LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] But4022CCbut your4023PP$your reliance4024NNreliance on4025INon that4026DTthat case4027NNcase raises4028VVZraise the4029DTthe interesting4030JJinteresting question4031NNquestion ,4032,, a4033DTa question4034NNquestion I4035PPI think4036VVPthink is4037VBZbe interesting4038JJinteresting ,4039,, which4040WDTwhich is4041VBZbe whether4042INwhether there4043EXthere would4044MDwould be4045VBbe any4046DTany basis4047NNbasis for4048INfor limiting4049VVGlimit the4050DTthe rule4051NNrule that4052IN/thatthat you4053PPyou 're4054VBPbe asking4055VVGask us4056PPus to4057TOto adopt4058VVadopt to4059TOto the4060DTthe specific4061JJspecific situation4062NNsituation here4063RBhere ,4064,, which4065WDTwhich you4066PPyou have4067VHPhave stressed4068VVNstress where4069WRBwhere it4070PPit 's4071POS's testimony4072NNtestimony ,4073,, it4074PPit 's4075VBZbe statistical4076JJstatistical testimony4077NNtestimony by4078INby a4079DTa vocational4080JJvocational expert4081NNexpert in4082INin a4083DTa Social4084NPSocial Security4085NPSecurity disability4086NNdisability hearing4087NNhearing .4088SENT. Why4089WRBwhy would4090MDwould n't4091RBn't the4092DTthe rule4093NNrule that4094IN/thatthat you4095PPyou 're4096VBPbe asking4097VVGask us4098PPus to4099TOto adopt4100VVadopt apply4101VVapply whenever4102WRBwhenever there4103EXthere is4104VBZbe the4105DTthe question4106NNquestion if4107INif a4108DTa determination4109NNdetermination by4110INby an4111DTan agency4112NNagency is4113VBZbe supported4114VVNsupport by4115INby substantial4116JJsubstantial evidence4117NNevidence ?4118SENT? [MR. BHABHA]4119LOC[MR. BHABHA] Well4120UHWell ,4121,, Your4122PP$your Honor4123NPHonor ,4124,, I4125PPI think4126VVPthink ,4127,, for4128INfor sure4129JJsure ,4130,, the4131DTthe term4132NNterm "4133``" substantial4134JJsubstantial evidence4135NNevidence "4136''" is4137VBZbe one4138CDone that4139WDTthat applies4140VVZapply throughout4141INthroughout administrative4142JJadministrative law4143NNlaw ,4144,, but4145CCbut what4146WPwhat this4147DTthis Court4148NPCourt has4149VHZhave made4150VVNmake clear4151JJclear in4152INin a4153DTa number4154NNnumber of4155INof cases4156NNScase is4157VBZbe that4158IN/thatthat ,4159,, of4160INof course4161NNcourse ,4162,, substantial4163JJsubstantial evidence4164NNevidence looks4165VVZlook at4166INat the4167DTthe record4168NNrecord and4169CCand ,4170,, thus4171RBthus ,4172,, inherent4173JJinherent in4174INin the4175DTthe question4176NNquestion ...4177:... in4178INin the4179DTthe answer4180NNanswer as4181INas to4182TOto what4183WPwhat "4184``" substantial4185JJsubstantial evidence4186NNevidence "4187``" means4188VVZmean is4189VBZbe ,4190,, what4191WPwhat is4192VBZbe the4193DTthe question4194NNquestion that4195IN/thatthat the4196DTthe agency4197NNagency is4198VBZbe trying4199VVGtry to4200TOto address4201VVaddress ?4202SENT? In4203INin a4204DTa situation4205NNsituation like4206INlike this4207DTthis ,4208,, where4209WRBwhere you4210PPyou 're4211VBPbe talking4212VVGtalk about4213INabout specific4214JJspecific numbers4215NNSnumber that4216IN/thatthat the4217DTthe agency4218NNagency is4219VBZbe relying4220VVGrely on4221INon as4222INas the4223DTthe sole4224JJsole basis4225NNbasis to4226TOto deny4227VVdeny my4228PP$my client4229NNclient benefits4230NNSbenefit for4231INfor the4232DTthe applicable4233JJapplicable period4234NNperiod ,4235,, there4236RBthere ,4237,, I4238PPI think4239VVPthink ,4240,, when4241WRBwhen the4242DTthe expert4243NNexpert points4244NNSpoint to4245TOto data4246NNdata sources4247NNSsource that4248IN/thatthat she4249PPshe has4250VHZhave modified4251VVNmodify in4252INin order4253NNorder to4254TOto come4255VVcome up4256RPup with4257INwith these4258DTthese numbers4259NNSnumber ,4260,, there4261RBthere ,4262,, substantial4263JJsubstantial evidence4264NNevidence requires4265VVZrequire more4266RBRmore .4267SENT. But4268CCbut ,4269,, in4270INin other4271JJother situations4272NNSsituation ,4273,, Your4274PP$your Honor4275NPHonor ,4276,, for4277INfor example4278NNexample ,4279,, qualitative4280JJqualitative testimony4281NNtestimony ,4282,, even4283RBeven testimony4284NNtestimony such4285JJsuch as4286INas these4287DTthese are4288VBPbe the4289DTthe kind4290NNkind of4291INof jobs4292NNSjob in4293INin my4294PP$my experience4295NNexperience I4296PPI believe4297VVPbelieve somebody4298NNsomebody with4299INwith these4300DTthese sorts4301NNSsort of4302INof limitations4303NNSlimitation can4304MDcan do4305VVdo ,4306,, i4307NPi .4308SENT. e4309LSe .4310SENT. ,4311,, the4312DTthe first4313JJfirst part4314NNpart of4315INof what4316WPwhat vocational4317JJvocational experts4318NNSexpert testify4319VVPtestify ,4320,, I4321PPI think4322VVPthink that4323WDTthat 's4324VBZbe entirely4325RBentirely different4326JJdifferent .4327SENT. But4328CCbut I4329PPI do4330VVPdo think4331VVthink ,4332,, in4333INin this4334DTthis situation4335NNsituation ,4336,, it4337PPit would4338MDwould be4339VBbe very4340RBvery normal4341JJnormal when4342WRBwhen an4343DTan administrative4344JJadministrative agency4345NNagency comes4346VVZcome up4347RPup with4348INwith specific4349JJspecific numbers4350NNSnumber and4351CCand bases4352NNSbase a4353DTa determination4354NNdetermination on4355INon specific4356JJspecific numerical4357JJnumerical conclusions4358NNSconclusion ,4359,, it4360PPit is4361VBZbe the4362DTthe norm4363NNnorm to4364TOto then4365RBthen make4366VVmake the4367DTthe agency4368NNagency or4369CCor make4370VVmake the4371DTthe expert4372NNexpert show4373VVPshow their4374PP$their work4375NNwork .4376SENT. 224377CD@card@ I4378PPI ...4379:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]4380LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Why4381WRBwhy would4382MDwould n't4383RBn't your4384PP$your argument4385NNargument be4386VBbe the4387DTthe same4388JJsame if4389INif there4390EXthere had4391VHDhave been4392VBNbe no4393DTno request4394NNrequest at4395INat all4396DTall ?4397SENT? [MR. BHABHA]4398LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your4399PP$your Honor4400NPHonor ,4401,, certainly4402RBcertainly ,4403,, we4404PPwe would4405MDwould win4406VVwin if4407INif the4408DTthe ...4409:... if4410INif the4411DTthe rule4412NNrule was4413VBDbe that4414IN/thatthat vocational4415JJvocational experts4416NNSexpert have4417VHPhave to4418TOto give4419VVgive over4420RPover their4421PP$their testimony4422NNtestimony regardless4423RBregardless of4424INof a4425DTa request4426NNrequest or4427CCor not4428RBnot ,4429,, we4430PPwe would4431MDwould win4432VVwin .4433SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]4434LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] I4435PPI ...4436:... I4437PPI 'm4438VBPbe just4439RBjust asking4440VVGask ,4441,, why4442WRBwhy is4443VBZbe that4444DTthat part4445NNpart of4446INof your4447PP$your proposed4448VVNpropose rule4449NNrule ?4450SENT? [MR. BHABHA]4451LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your4452PP$your Honor4453NPHonor ,4454,, no4455DTno court4456NNcourt of4457INof appeals4458NNSappeal has4459VHZhave ever4460RBever held4461VVNhold that4462IN/thatthat there4463EXthere is4464VBZbe a4465DTa requirement4466NNrequirement ,4467,, but4468CCbut I4469PPI think4470VVPthink ...4471:... I4472PPI 'm4473VBPbe sympathetic4474JJsympathetic to4475TOto the4476DTthe rationale4477NNrationale behind4478INbehind that4479DTthat rule4480NNrule ,4481,, but4482CCbut I4483PPI think4484VVPthink ...4485:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]4486LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] It4487PPit seems4488VVZseem to4489TOto me4490PPme that4491IN/thatthat your4492PP$your rationale4493NNrationale suggests4494VVZsuggest that4495IN/thatthat the4496DTthe on-demand4497NNon-demand part4498NNpart of4499INof your4500PP$your test4501NNtest is4502VBZbe irrelevant4503JJirrelevant .4504SENT. [MR. BHABHA]4505LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your4506PP$your Honor4507NPHonor ,4508,, I4509PPI do4510VVPdo n't4511RBn't think4512VVthink it4513PPit 's4514VBZbe irrelevant4515JJirrelevant .4516SENT. And4517CCand as4518INas I4519PPI said4520VVDsay ,4521,, I4522PPI do4523VVPdo n't4524RBn't think4525VVthink it4526PPit 's4527VBZbe irrelevant4528JJirrelevant for4529INfor the4530DTthe reason4531NNreason that4532IN/thatthat ,4533,, when4534WRBwhen you4535PPyou question4536VVPquestion a4537DTa witness4538NNwitness and4539CCand the4540DTthe witness4541NNwitness then4542RBthen does4543VVZdo n't4544RBn't give4545VVgive you4546PPyou the4547DTthe testimony4548NNtestimony ...4549:... the4550DTthe very4551JJvery data4552NNdata sources4553NNSsource they4554PPthey rely4555VVPrely upon4556RPupon ,4557,, that4558WDTthat introduces4559VVZintroduce doubt4560NNdoubt .4561SENT. And4562CCand I4563PPI think4564VVPthink that4565DTthat is4566VBZbe where4567WRBwhere the4568DTthe question4569NNquestion and4570CCand the4571DTthe answer4572NNanswer play4573NNplay into4574INinto the4575DTthe test4576NNtest .4577SENT. And4578CCand I4579PPI think4580VVPthink that4581DTthat 's4582VBZbe the4583DTthe rationale4584NNrationale of4585INof the4586DTthe Seventh4587NPSeventh Circuit4588NPCircuit .4589SENT. They4590PPthey have4591VHPhave n't4592RBn't elucidated4593VVNelucidate it4594PPit exactly4595RBexactly in4596INin those4597DTthose terms4598NNSterm ,4599,, but4600CCbut that4601DTthat is4602VBZbe what4603WPwhat I4604PPI take4605VVPtake those4606DTthose decisions4607NNSdecision to4608TOto say4609VVsay ,4610,, which4611WDTwhich is4612VBZbe that4613IN/thatthat ,4614,, when4615WRBwhen the4616DTthe testimony4617NNtestimony is4618VBZbe given4619VVNgive alone4620RBalone ,4621,, if4622INif it4623PPit 's4624VBZbe not4625RBnot challenged4626VVNchallenge ,4627,, then4628RBthen maybe4629RBmaybe it4630PPit 's4631VBZbe enough4632JJenough .4633SENT. But4634CCbut ,4635,, when4636WRBwhen you4637PPyou ask4638VVPask a4639DTa witness4640NNwitness what4641WDTwhat is4642VBZbe your4643PP$your data4644NNSdatum and4645CCand the4646DTthe witness4647NNwitness does4648VVZdo n't4649RBn't give4650VVgive it4651PPit over4652RPover ...4653:... and4654CCand ,4655,, again4656RBagain ,4657,, the4658DTthe government4659NNgovernment is4660VBZbe n't4661RBn't defending4662VVGdefend here4663RBhere the4664DTthe confidentiality4665NNconfidentiality rationale4666NNrationale ...4667:... that4668WDTthat does4669VVZdo create4670VVcreate doubt4671NNdoubt .4672SENT. And4673CCand I4674PPI think4675VVPthink the4676DTthe adverse4677JJadverse inference4678NNinference cases4679NNScase show4680VVPshow that4681IN/thatthat intuition4682NNintuition in4683INin the4684DTthe law4685NNlaw .4686SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]4687LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Yeah4688UHYeah ,4689,, I4690PPI guess4691VVPguess I4692PPI just4693RBjust ...4694:... I4695PPI 'm4696VBPbe just4697RBjust not4698RBnot getting4699VVGget it4700PPit because4701INbecause either4702CCeither it4703PPit 's4704VBZbe enough4705JJenough or4706CCor it4707PPit 's4708VBZbe not4709RBnot enough4710JJenough .4711SENT. It4712PPit does4713VVZdo n't4714RBn't have4715VHhave anything4716NNanything to4717TOto do4718VVdo with4719INwith whether4720INwhether some4721DTsome ...4722:... somebody4723NNsomebody ...4724:... somebody4725NNsomebody demands4726VVZdemand the4727DTthe ...4728:... the4729DTthe information4730NNinformation .4731SENT. [MR. BHABHA]4732LOC[MR. BHABHA] Well4733UHWell ,4734,, Your4735PP$your Honor4736NPHonor ,4737,, I4738PPI think4739VVPthink ...4740:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]4741LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Unless4742INunless the4743DTthe ...4744:... the4745DTthe demand4746NNdemand part4747NNpart of4748INof the4749DTthe test4750NNtest is4751VBZbe something4752NNsomething about4753RBabout have4754VHPhave you4755PPyou forfeited4756VVDforfeit the4757DTthe right4758NNright to4759TOto complain4760VVcomplain about4761INabout it4762PPit .4763SENT. [MR. BHABHA]4764LOC[MR. BHABHA] Well4765UHWell ,4766,, Your4767PP$your Honor4768NPHonor ,4769,, the4770DTthe Seventh4771NPSeventh Circuit4772NPCircuit and4773CCand the4774DTthe Ninth4775JJninth Circuit4776NNcircuit ,4777,, which4778WDTwhich has4779VHZhave also4780RBalso applied4781VVNapply a4782DTa similar4783JJsimilar standard4784NNstandard ,4785,, have4786VHPhave talked4787VVNtalk about4788INabout this4789DTthis in4790INin terms4791NNSterm of4792INof forfeiture4793NNforfeiture or4794CCor waiver4795NNwaiver .4796SENT. But4797CCbut I4798PPI do4799VVPdo n't4800RBn't think4801VVthink ,4802,, from4803INfrom a4804DTa legal4805JJlegal perspective4806NNperspective ,4807,, the4808DTthe term4809NNterm "4810``" forfeiture4811NNforfeiture "4812''" is4813VBZbe exactly4814RBexactly correct4815JJcorrect here4816RBhere because4817INbecause you4818PPyou cannot4819MDcan waive4820VVwaive the4821DTthe substantial4822JJsubstantial evidence4823NNevidence standard4824NNstandard .4825SENT. That4826DTthat is4827VBZbe a4828DTa reviewing4829VVGreview standard4830NNstandard that4831IN/thatthat the4832DTthe court4833NNcourt must4834MDmust apply4835VVapply in4836INin any4837DTany circumstance4838NNcircumstance .4839SENT. So4840INso the4841DTthe way4842NNway I4843PPI read4844VVPread those4845DTthose cases4846NNScase is4847VBZbe to4848TOto essentially4849RBessentially say4850VVsay ,4851,, if4852INif you4853PPyou question4854VVPquestion somebody4855NNsomebody that4856WDTthat cannot4857MDcan back4858VVback up4859RPup the4860DTthe data4861NNSdatum ...4862:... and4863CCand I4864PPI think4865VVPthink it4866PPit would4867MDwould be4868VBbe analogous4869JJanalogous ,4870,, Your4871PP$your Honor4872NPHonor ,4873,, if4874INif you4875PPyou asked4876VVDask a4877DTa witness4878NNwitness in4879INin exactly4880RBexactly the4881DTthe same4882JJsame case4883NNcase where4884WRBwhere did4885VVDdo you4886PPyou get4887VVget your4888PP$your data4889NNdata sources4890NNSsource from4891INfrom ,4892,, and4893CCand the4894DTthe witness4895NNwitness said4896VVDsay either4897CCeither I4898PPI 'm4899VBPbe not4900RBnot going4901VVGgo to4902TOto tell4903VVtell you4904PPyou or4905CCor they4906PPthey said4907VVDsay ,4908,, well4909RBwell ,4910,, they4911PPthey occurred4912VVDoccur to4913TOto me4914PPme one4915CDone day4916NNday ,4917,, I4918PPI looked4919VVDlook up4920RPup something4921NNsomething ,4922,, but4923CCbut I4924PPI 'm4925VBPbe not4926RBnot going4927VVGgo to4928TOto identify4929VVidentify what4930WPwhat it4931PPit is4932VBZbe on4933INon the4934DTthe Internet4935NNInternet for4936INfor you4937PPyou ,4938,, that4939WDTthat does4940VVZdo create4941VVcreate doubt4942NNdoubt in4943INin a4944DTa record4945NNrecord ,4946,, Your4947PP$your Honor4948NPHonor ,4949,, just4950RBjust as4951RBas ,4952,, here4953RBhere ,4954,, the4955DTthe failure4956NNfailure to4957TOto look4958VVlook at4959INat those4960DTthose numbers4961NNSnumber when4962WRBwhen requested4963VVNrequest ,4964,, even4965RBeven when4966WRBwhen the4967DTthe claimant4968NNclaimant 's4969POS's representative4970NNrepresentative said4971VVDsay I4972PPI do4973VVPdo n't4974RBn't need4975VVneed your4976PP$your clients4977NNSclient '4978POS' names4979NNSname ,4980,, you4981PPyou can4982MDcan redact4983VVredact those4984DTthose clients4985NNSclient '4986POS' names4987NNSname ,4988,, that4989WDTthat creates4990VVZcreate doubt4991NNdoubt in4992INin the4993DTthe record4994NNrecord .4995SENT. And4996CCand that4997DTthat is4998VBZbe why4999WRBwhy ,5000,, particularly5001RBparticularly in5002INin a5003DTa context5004NNcontext such5005JJsuch as5006INas this5007NNthis when5008WRBwhen you5009PPyou have5010VHPhave multiple5011JJmultiple outdated5012JJoutdated data5013NNdata sources5014NNSsource which5015WDTwhich vocational5016JJvocational experts5017NNSexpert have5018VHPhave to5019TOto bring5020VVbring together5021RBtogether ,5022,, when5023WRBwhen vocational5024JJvocational experts5025NNSexpert come5026VVPcome up5027RPup with5028INwith numbers5029NNSnumber that5030WDTthat vary5031VVPvary enormously5032RBenormously for5033INfor the5034DTthe same5035JJsame jobs5036NNSjob ,5037,, and5038CCand all5039PDTall the5040DTthe more5041RBRmore so5042RBso when5043WRBwhen this5044DTthis is5045VBZbe the5046DTthe sole5047JJsole basis5048NNbasis upon5049INupon which5050WDTwhich disability5051NNdisability benefits5052NNSbenefit applicants5053NNSapplicant are5054VBPbe being5055VBGbe denied5056VVNdeny ,5057,, I5058PPI think5059VVPthink more5060JJRmore than5061INthan just5062RBjust the5063DTthe conclusory5064JJconclusory statements5065NNSstatement of5066INof the5067DTthe expert5068NNexpert are5069VBPbe what5070WPwhat is5071VBZbe required5072VVNrequire .5073SENT. And5074CCand again5075RBagain ...5076:... [JUSTICE ALITO]5077LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Can5078MDcan you5079PPyou draw5080VVdraw an5081DTan adverse5082JJadverse inference5083NNinference against5084INagainst the5085DTthe expert5086NNexpert if5087INif the5088DTthe expert5089NNexpert sincerely5090RBsincerely believes5091VVZbelieve ,5092,, perhaps5093RBperhaps mistakenly5094RBmistakenly ,5095,, but5096CCbut sincerely5097RBsincerely believes5098VVZbelieve that5099IN/thatthat what5100WPwhat is5101VBZbe requested5102VVNrequest is5103VBZbe confidential5104JJconfidential ?5105SENT? [MR. BHABHA]5106LOC[MR. BHABHA] Your5107PP$your Honor5108NPHonor ,5109,, I5110PPI think5111VVPthink the5112DTthe adverse5113JJadverse inference5114NNinference case5115NNcase law5116NNlaw ,5117,, again5118RBagain ,5119,, it5120PPit 's5121VBZbe not5122RBnot directly5123RBdirectly controlling5124VVGcontrol here5125RBhere ,5126,, for5127INfor sure5128JJsure ,5129,, but5130CCbut I5131PPI think5132VVPthink you5133PPyou can5134MDcan use5135VVuse the5136DTthe same5137JJsame intuition5138NNintuition from5139INfrom those5140DTthose cases5141NNScase ,5142,, because5143INbecause there5144EXthere 's5145VBZbe a5146DTa very5147RBvery easy5148JJeasy method5149NNmethod ,5150,, which5151WDTwhich ,5152,, again5153RBagain ,5154,, the5155DTthe government5156NNgovernment does5157VVZdo n't5158RBn't dispute5159VVdispute here5160RBhere ,5161,, to5162TOto redact5163VVredact that5164DTthat information5165NNinformation and5166CCand provide5167VVprovide only5168RBonly the5169DTthe crucial5170JJcrucial information5171NNinformation .5172SENT. And5173CCand I5174PPI think5175VVPthink the5176DTthe reason5177NNreason ,5178,, again5179RBagain ,5180,, particularly5181RBparticularly in5182INin this5183DTthis context5184NNcontext of5185INof vocational5186JJvocational experts5187NNSexpert ,5188,, why5189WRBwhy this5190DTthis data5191NNdata is5192VBZbe so5193RBso important5194JJimportant and5195CCand why5196WRBwhy the5197DTthe failure5198NNfailure to5199TOto provide5200VVprovide it5201PPit is5202VBZbe so5203RBso practically5204RBpractically harmful5205JJharmful ,5206,, in5207INin addition5208NNaddition ,5209,, we5210PPwe think5211VVPthink ,5212,, to5213TOto being5214VBGbe in5215INin conflict5216NNconflict with5217INwith the5218DTthe substantial5219JJsubstantial evidence5220NNevidence standard5221NNstandard ,5222,, is5223VBZbe because5224INbecause these5225DTthese experts5226NNSexpert are5227VBPbe bringing5228VVGbring together5229RBtogether very5230RBvery old5231JJold definitions5232NNSdefinition of5233INof jobs5234NNSjob with5235INwith entirely5236RBentirely different5237JJdifferent taxonomy5238NNtaxonomy of5239INof job5240NNjob numbers5241NNSnumber ,5242,, putting5243VVGput the5244DTthe numbers5245NNSnumber together5246RBtogether and5247CCand coming5248VVGcome up5249RPup with5250INwith a5251DTa result5252NNresult ,5253,, and5254CCand then5255RBthen ,5256,, in5257INin certain5258JJcertain circumstances5259NNScircumstance ,5260,, reducing5261VVGreduce that5262DTthat result5263NNresult further5264RBRfurther based5265VVNbase on5266INon further5267JJRfurther hypotheticals5268NNShypotheticals posed5269VVNpose by5270INby the5271DTthe ALJ5272NPALJ .5273SENT. So5274RBso it5275PPit is5276VBZbe a5277DTa data-intensive5278JJdata-intensive process5279NNprocess .5280SENT. The5281DTthe vocational5282JJvocational expert5283NNexpert identified5284VVNidentify as5285INas much5286JJmuch in5287INin her5288PP$her testimony5289NNtestimony .5290SENT. And5291CCand not5292RBnot even5293RBeven having5294VHGhave the5295DTthe numbers5296NNSnumber that5297IN/thatthat the5298DTthe vocational5299JJvocational expert5300NNexpert is5301VBZbe admitting5302VVGadmit she5303PPshe relied5304VVDrely upon5305RPupon hampers5306NNShamper not5307RBnot only5308RBonly the5309DTthe claimant5310NNclaimant 's5311POS's representative5312NNrepresentative 's5313VBZbe ability5314NNability to5315TOto cross-examination5316NNcross-examination but5317CCbut also5318RBalso crucially5319RBcrucially the5320DTthe ALJ5321NPALJ 's5322POS's ability5323NNability to5324TOto actually5325RBactually determine5326VVdetermine whether5327INwhether there5328EXthere are5329VBPbe real5330JJreal numbers5331NNSnumber here5332RBhere .5333SENT. Mr5334NPMr .5335SENT. Chief5336NPChief Justice5337NPJustice ,5338,, if5339INif I5340PPI may5341MDmay ...5342:... may5343MDmay reserve5344VVreserve the5345DTthe remainder5346NNremainder of5347INof my5348PP$my time5349NNtime .5350SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]5351LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank5352VVthank you5353PPyou ,5354,, counsel5355NNcounsel .5356SENT. Mr5357NPMr .5358SENT. Yang5359NPYang .5360SENT.

[MR. YANG]5361LOC[MR. YANG] Mr5362NPMr .5363SENT. Chief5364NPChief Justice5365NPJustice ,5366,, and5367CCand may5368MDmay it5369PPit please5370VVplease the5371DTthe Court5372NPCourt :5373:: I5374PPI 'd5375MDwould like5376VVlike to5377TOto address5378VVaddress two5379CDtwo general5380JJgeneral subjects5381NNSsubject .5382SENT. First5383RBfirst ,5384,, how5385WRBhow Social5386NPSocial Security5387NPSecurity hearings5388NNShearing work5389VVPwork and5390CCand how5391WRBhow vocational5392JJvocational experts5393NNSexpert decide5394VVPdecide whether5395INwhether there5396EXthere are5397VBPbe significant5398JJsignificant numbers5399NNSnumber of5400INof relevant5401JJrelevant jobs5402NNSjob in5403INin the5404DTthe national5405JJnational economy5406NNeconomy .5407SENT. Excuse5408VVexcuse me5409PPme .5410SENT. Second5411RBsecond ,5412,, I5413PPI 'd5414MDwould like5415VVlike to5416TOto address5417VVaddress the5418DTthe substantial5419JJsubstantial evidence5420NNevidence theory5421NNtheory ,5422,, which5423WDTwhich is5424VBZbe evolving5425VVGevolve and5426CCand it5427PPit is5428VBZbe built5429VVNbuild on5430INon a5431DTa procedural5432JJprocedural predicate5433NNpredicate that5434WDTthat is5435VBZbe incorrect5436JJincorrect .5437SENT. Each5438DTeach year5439NNyear ,5440,, there5441EXthere are5442VBPbe about5443RBabout 25444CD2 .5445SENT. 65446CD6 million5447CDmillion initial5448JJinitial disability5449NNdisability claims5450NNSclaim that5451WDTthat are5452VBPbe filed5453VVNfile with5454INwith SSA5455NNSSA ,5456,, and5457CCand at5458INat the5459DTthe third5460JJthird level5461NNlevel of5462INof review5463NNreview ,5464,, the5465DTthe SSA5466NNSSA conducts5467VVZconduct 670,0005468CD@card@ hearings5469NNShearing .5470SENT. That5471DTthat 's5472VBZbe about5473RBabout 2005474CD@card@ ...5475:... a5476DTa day5477NNday .5478SENT. Over5479INover 15480CD1 million5481CDmillion people5482NNSpeople are5483VBPbe waiting5484VVGwait for5485INfor just5486RBjust a5487DTa response5488NNresponse for5489INfor their5490PP$their hearing5491NNhearing ,5492,, and5493CCand they5494PPthey wait5495VVPwait ,5496,, on5497INon average5498NNaverage ,5499,, about5500RBabout 6055501CD@card@ days5502NNSday .5503SENT. There5504EXthere is5505VBZbe no5506DTno adjudicatory5507JJadjudicatory process5508NNprocess on5509INon a5510DTa scale5511NNscale comparable5512JJcomparable to5513TOto this5514DTthis .5515SENT. And5516CCand Congress5517NPCongress has5518VHZhave properly5519RBproperly vested5520VVNvest SSA5521NNSSA with5522INwith broad5523JJbroad authority5524NNauthority to5525TOto determine5526VVdetermine the5527DTthe right5528JJright process5529NNprocess to5530TOto develop5531VVdevelop records5532NNSrecord .5533SENT. The5534DTthe question5535NNquestion then5536RBthen here5537RBhere ...5538:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5539LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Then5540RBthen does5541VVZdo n't5542RBn't that5543RBthat solve5544VVsolve this5545DTthis case5546NNcase ?5547SENT? Because5548INbecause your5549PP$your agency5550NNagency now5551RBnow has5552VHZhave in5553INin its5554PP$its handbook5555NNhandbook that5556IN/thatthat every5557DTevery expert5558NNexpert has5559VHZhave to5560TOto come5561VVcome prepared5562JJprepared to5563TOto cite5564VVcite the5565DTthe sources5566NNSsource that5567IN/thatthat they5568PPthey relied5569VVDrely upon5570RPupon and5571CCand to5572TOto produce5573VVproduce the5574DTthe materials5575NNSmaterial .5576SENT. So5577RBso ,5578,, if5579INif they5580PPthey 've5581VHPhave made5582VVNmake that5583DTthat judgment5584NNjudgment ,5585,, why5586WRBwhy should5587MDshould n't5588RBn't we5589PPwe make5590VVPmake the5591DTthe same5592JJsame judgment5593NNjudgment ,5594,, that5595IN/thatthat a5596DTa failure5597NNfailure to5598TOto do5599VVdo so5600RBso goes5601VVZgo to5602TOto the5603DTthe heart5604NNheart of5605INof the5606DTthe expert5607NNexpert 's5608POS's unreliability5609NNunreliability ?5610SENT? [MR. YANG]5611LOC[MR. YANG] The5612DTthe Vocational5613JJvocational Expert5614NNexpert Handbook5615NNhandbook that5616WDTthat ...5617:... that5618IN/thatthat we5619PPwe 're5620VBPbe talking5621VVGtalk about5622RBabout ,5623,, the5624DTthe informal5625JJinformal guidance5626NNguidance ,5627,, really5628RBreally is5629VBZbe referring5630VVGrefer to5631TOto vocational5632JJvocational resource5633NNresource materials5634NNSmaterial that5635WDTthat they5636PPthey use5637VVPuse .5638SENT. There5639EXthere are5640VBPbe ...5641:... and5642CCand not5643RBnot individual5644JJindividual case5645NNcase client5646NNclient files5647NNSfile .5648SENT. And5649CCand if5650INif I5651PPI can5652MDcan explain5653VVexplain ,5654,, there5655EXthere 's5656VBZbe two5657CDtwo levels5658NNSlevel of5659INof analysis5660NNanalysis that5661IN/thatthat a5662DTa vocational5663JJvocational expert5664NNexpert goes5665VVZgo ...5666:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5667LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Do5668VVPdo you5669PPyou want5670VVPwant to5671TOto show5672VVshow me5673PPme where5674WRBwhere in5675INin the5676DTthe handbook5677NNhandbook ...5678:... [MR. YANG]5679LOC[MR. YANG] I5680PPI think5681VVPthink ...5682:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5683LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...5684:... that5685WDTthat 's5686VBZbe said5687VVNsay so5688INso I5689PPI know5690VVPknow ...5691:... so5692RBso I5693PPI can5694MDcan follow5695VVfollow you5696PPyou ?5697SENT? [MR. YANG]5698LOC[MR. YANG] The5699DTthe citation5700NNcitation ...5701:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5702LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] The5703DTthe source5704NNsource .5705SENT. [MR. YANG]5706LOC[MR. YANG] ...5707:... is5708VBZbe in5709INin ...5710:... in5711INin our5712PP$our brief5713NNbrief in5714INin opp5715NPOpp .5716SENT. At5717INat page5718NNpage 95719CD9 ,5720,, we5721PPwe discuss5722VVPdiscuss it5723PPit ,5724,, and5725CCand then5726RBthen on5727INon page5728NNpage 185729CD@card@ .5730SENT. I5731PPI do5732VVPdo n't5733RBn't have5734VHhave the5735DTthe handbook5736NNhandbook in5737INin front5738NNfront of5739INof me5740PPme ,5741,, unfortunately5742RBunfortunately .5743SENT. The5744DTthe language5745NNlanguage that5746IN/thatthat the5747DTthe handbook5748NNhandbook says5749VVZsay is5750VBZbe cite5751VVcite ,5752,, explain5753VVexplain ,5754,, and5755CCand furnish5756VVfurnish any5757DTany sources5758NNSsource you5759PPyou rely5760VVPrely on5761INon to5762TOto support5763VVsupport your5764PP$your testimony5765NNtestimony .5766SENT. But5767CCbut the5768DTthe reason5769NNreason we5770PPwe think5771VVPthink this5772DTthis is5773VBZbe talking5774VVGtalk about5775INabout resource5776NNresource ...5777:... vocational5778JJvocational resource5779NNresource materials5780NNSmaterial is5781VBZbe because5782INbecause an5783DTan expert5784NNexpert just5785RBjust does5786VVZdo n't5787RBn't know5788VVknow the5789DTthe questions5790NNSquestion and5791CCand ...5792:... and5793CCand the5794DTthe granularity5795NNgranularity of5796INof the5797DTthe questions5798NNSquestion that5799IN/thatthat the5800DTthe expert5801NNexpert 's5802VBZbe going5803VVGgo to5804TOto rely5805VVrely ...5806:... be5807VBbe asked5808VVNask .5809SENT. So5810RBso ,5811,, for5812INfor example5813NNexample ,5814,, there5815EXthere 's5816VBZbe two5817CDtwo stages5818NNSstage of5819INof questioning5820VVGquestion ...5821:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5822LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] So5823INso they5824PPthey are5825VBPbe picking5826VVGpick numbers5827NNSnumber from5828INfrom the5829DTthe air5830NNair ?5831SENT? [MR. YANG]5832LOC[MR. YANG] No5833NPNo ,5834,, I5835PPI would5836MDwould n't5837RBn't say5838VVsay ...5839:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5840LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] All5841DTall right5842NNright .5843SENT. [MR. YANG]5844LOC[MR. YANG] ...5845:... from5846INfrom the5847DTthe air5848NNair .5849SENT. I5850PPI 'd5851MDwould say5852VVsay from5853INfrom experience5854NNexperience ,5855,, which5856WDTwhich can5857MDcan be5858VBbe educated5859VVNeducate by5860INby the5861DTthe jobs5862NNSjob that5863WDTthat they5864PPthey do5865VVPdo for5866INfor individual5867JJindividual disability5868NNdisability clients5869NNSclient .5870SENT. If5871INif I5872PPI can5873MDcan explain5874VVexplain ,5875,, there5876EXthere 's5877VBZbe basically5878RBbasically two5879CDtwo levels5880NNSlevel .5881SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5882LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Are5883VBPbe n't5884RBn't they5885PPthey given5886VVNgive the5887DTthe ...5888:... the5889DTthe file5890NNfile before5891INbefore they5892PPthey come5893VVPcome to5894TOto testify5895VVtestify ...5896:... [MR. YANG]5897LOC[MR. YANG] No5898NPNo .5899SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5900LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...5901:... on5902INon the5903DTthe individual5904JJindividual claimant5905NNclaimant ?5906SENT? [MR. YANG]5907LOC[MR. YANG] No5908NPNo .5909SENT. They5910PPthey are5911VBPbe given5912VVNgive the5913DTthe relevant5914JJrelevant vocational5915JJvocational background5916NNbackground but5917CCbut know5918VVknow nothing5919NNnothing about5920INabout the5921DTthe disabilities5922NNSdisability of5923INof these5924DTthese claimants5925NNSclaimant .5926SENT. In5927INin fact5928NNfact ,5929,, ALJs5930NNSALJs are5931VBPbe prohibited5932VVNprohibit from5933INfrom communicating5934VVGcommunicate with5935INwith vocational5936JJvocational experts5937NNSexpert prior5938RBprior to5939TOto the5940DTthe hearing5941NNhearing because5942INbecause vocational5943JJvocational experts5944NNSexpert are5945VBPbe intended5946VVNintend to5947TOto be5948VBbe impartial5949JJimpartial experts5950NNSexpert brought5951VVNbring by5952INby an5953DTan impartial5954JJimpartial agency5955NNagency to5956TOto adjudicate5957VVadjudicate a5958DTa case5959NNcase .5960SENT. There5961EXthere are5962VBPbe then5963RBthen ...5964:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5965LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] You5966PPyou 're5967VBPbe worrying5968VVGworry me5969PPme that5970IN/thatthat this5971DTthis is5972VBZbe ,5973,, in5974INin fact5975NNfact ,5976,, what5977WPwhat all5978RBall of5979INof the5980DTthe critics5981NNScritic are5982VBPbe saying5983VVGsay .5984SENT. [MR. YANG]5985LOC[MR. YANG] If5986INif ...5987:... if5988INif you5989PPyou can5990MDcan ...5991:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5992LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] That5993IN/thatthat these5994DTthese are5995VBPbe numbers5996NNSnumber pulled5997VVDpull out5998RPout of5999INof a6000DTa hat6001NNhat as6002INas a6003DTa person6004NNperson sits6005VVZsit there6006RBthere .6007SENT. [MR. YANG]6008LOC[MR. YANG] If6009INif I6010PPI can6011MDcan explain6012VVexplain ,6013,, there6014EXthere are6015VBPbe two6016CDtwo levels6017NNSlevel .6018SENT. I6019PPI think6020VVPthink this6021DTthis will6022MDwill help6023VVhelp to6024TOto address6025VVaddress your6026PP$your concern6027NNconcern .6028SENT. There6029RBthere ...6030:... at6031INat the6032DTthe first6033JJfirst level6034NNlevel of6035INof inquiry6036NNinquiry ,6037,, the6038DTthe vocational6039JJvocational expert6040NNexpert is6041VBZbe determining6042VVGdetermine a6043DTa category6044NNcategory of6045INof jobs6046NNSjob based6047VVNbase on6048INon generally6049RBgenerally things6050NNSthing in6051INin ...6052:... in6053INin the6054DTthe Dictionary6055NPDictionary of6056INof Occupational6057NPOccupational Titles6058NNStitle that6059WDTthat discuss6060VVPdiscuss exertional6061JJexertional limitations6062NNSlimitation and6063CCand such6064JJsuch for6065INfor those6066DTthose jobs6067NNSjob .6068SENT. So6069RBso ,6070,, for6071INfor instance6072NNinstance ,6073,, sedentary6074JJsedentary jobs6075NNSjob that6076WDTthat do6077VVPdo not6078RBnot require6079VVrequire any6080DTany kind6081NNkind of6082INof advanced6083JJadvanced or6084CCor ...6085:... education6086NNeducation ,6087,, unskilled6088JJunskilled jobs6089NNSjob .6090SENT. Then6091RBthen the6092DTthe expert6093NNexpert relies6094VVZrely on6095INon public6096JJpublic sources6097NNSsource ,6098,, statistical6099JJstatistical sources6100NNSsource like6101INlike the6102DTthe BLS6103NPBLS that6104WDTthat provide6105VVPprovide numbers6106NNSnumber in6107INin the6108DTthe national6109JJnational and6110CCand local6111JJlocal economies6112NNSeconomy .6113SENT. And6114CCand the6115DTthe expert6116NNexpert ...6117:... they6118PPthey do6119VVPdo n't6120RBn't map6121VVmap exactly6122RBexactly ,6123,, so6124RBso the6125DTthe expert6126NNexpert 's6127VBZbe going6128VVGgo to6129TOto have6130VHhave to6131TOto use6132VVuse some6133DTsome judgment6134NNjudgment to6135TOto extrapolate6136VVextrapolate .6137SENT. Those6138DTthose are6139VBPbe questions6140NNSquestion that6141WDTthat can6142MDcan be6143VBbe explored6144VVNexplore fully6145RBfully at6146INat hearing6147NNhearing and6148CCand ,6149,, in6150INin fact6151NNfact ,6152,, are6153VBPbe the6154DTthe ...6155:... the6156DTthe guidance6157NNguidance suggests6158VVZsuggest that6159IN/thatthat they6160PPthey should6161MDshould provide6162VVprovide these6163DTthese .6164SENT. These6165DTthese are6166VBPbe things6167NNSthing that6168IN/thatthat you6169PPyou predict6170VVPpredict in6171INin advance6172NNadvance .6173SENT. But6174CCbut there6175EXthere 's6176VBZbe a6177DTa second6178JJsecond level6179NNlevel .6180SENT. At6181INat the6182DTthe hearing6183NNhearing ,6184,, there6185EXthere are6186VBPbe very6187RBvery specific6188JJspecific types6189NNStype of6190INof impairments6191NNSimpairment that6192WDTthat are6193VBPbe not6194RBnot addressed6195VVNaddress by6196INby the6197DTthe grids6198NNSgrid .6199SENT. The6200DTthe grids6201NNSgrid take6202VVPtake into6203INinto account6204NNaccount these6205DTthese high-level6206JJhigh-level impairments6207NNSimpairment ,6208,, but6209CCbut there6210EXthere are6211VBPbe things6212NNSthing like6213INlike non-exertional6214JJnon-exertional impairments6215NNSimpairment ,6216,, depression6217NNdepression ,6218,, ability6219NNability to6220TOto concentrate6221VVconcentrate ,6222,, things6223NNSthing like6224VVPlike unable6225JJunable to6226TOto lift6227VVlift above6228INabove your6229PP$your head6230NNhead ,6231,, or6232CCor more6233JJRmore than6234INthan five6235CDfive pounds6236NNSpound .6237SENT. These6238DTthese are6239VBPbe things6240NNSthing that6241IN/thatthat you6242PPyou just6243RBjust do6244VVPdo n't6245RBn't know6246VVknow until6247INuntil you6248PPyou come6249VVPcome into6250INinto the6251DTthe hearing6252NNhearing .6253SENT. And6254CCand in6255INin this6256DTthis case6257NNcase ,6258,, at6259INat page6260NNpage 106261CD@card@ ,6262,, for6263INfor instance6264NNinstance ,6265,, of6266INof the6267DTthe reply6268NNreply brief6269NNbrief ,6270,, Petitioner6271NNpetitioner acknowledges6272VVZacknowledge that6273IN/thatthat the6274DTthe testimony6275NNtestimony of6276INof the6277DTthe vocational6278JJvocational expert6279NNexpert ...6280:... that6281WDTthat if6282INif her6283PP$her numbers6284NNSnumber would6285MDwould be6286VBbe reduced6287VVNreduce by6288INby about6289RBabout 206290CD@card@ to6291TOto 306292CD@card@ percent6293NNpercent ,6294,, if6295INif the6296DTthe Petitioner6297NNpetitioner could6298MDcould not6299RBnot lift6300VVlift above6301INabove his6302PP$his head6303NNhead or6304CCor lift6305VVlift more6306JJRmore than6307INthan five6308CDfive pounds6309NNSpound ,6310,, that6311WDTthat 's6312VBZbe the6313DTthe second6314JJsecond level6315NNlevel of6316INof inquiry6317NNinquiry .6318SENT. And6319CCand that6320DTthat is6321VBZbe what6322WPwhat 's6323VBZbe educated6324VVNeducate by6325INby the6326DTthe vocational6327JJvocational expert6328NNexpert 's6329POS's experience6330NNexperience ,6331,, reflected6332VVNreflect in6333INin her6334PP$her own6335JJown surveys6336NNSsurvey done6337VVNdo for6338INfor individual6339JJindividual clients6340NNSclient .6341SENT. And6342CCand remember6343VVremember ,6344,, this6345RBthis ...6346:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]6347LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] Can6348MDcan you6349PPyou ...6350:... can6351MDcan you6352PPyou explain6353VVexplain ,6354,, what6355WPwhat is6356VBZbe the6357DTthe confidentiality6358NNconfidentiality here6359RBhere ?6360SENT? She6361PPshe says6362VVZsay she6363PPshe relies6364VVZrely on6365INon the6366DTthe Bureau6367NPBureau of6368INof Labor6369NPLabor Statistics6370NPStatistics and6371CCand her6372PP$her own6373JJown independent6374JJindependent ...6375:... independent6376JJindependent research6377NNresearch .6378SENT. What6379WPWhat is6380VBZbe your6381PP$your own6382JJown independent6383JJindependent research6384NNresearch ?6385SENT? I6386PPI can6387MDcan 't6388RB't tell6389VVtell you6390PPyou because6391INbecause that6392WDTthat would6393MDwould ...6394:... that6395WDTthat 's6396VBZbe part6397NNpart of6398INof client6399NNclient files6400NNSfile .6401SENT. [MR. YANG]6402LOC[MR. YANG] I6403PPI think6404VVPthink it6405PPit would6406MDwould help6407VVhelp to6408TOto look6409VVlook at6410INat page6411NNpage 1186412CD@card@ and6413CCand 119a6414NP119a of6415INof the6416DTthe ...6417:... of6418INof the6419DTthe petition6420NNpetition appendix6421NNappendix because6422INbecause that6423WDTthat 's6424VBZbe the6425DTthe actual6426JJactual testimony6427NNtestimony .6428SENT. The6429DTthe first6430JJfirst time6431NNtime this6432DTthis comes6433VVZcome up6434RPup in6435INin the6436DTthe ...6437:... is6438VBZbe in6439INin the6440DTthe context6441NNcontext of6442INof where6443WRBwhere the6444DTthe expert6445NNexpert got6446VVDget her6447PP$her number6448NNnumber ...6449:... her6450PP$her on-task6451NNon-task percentage6452NNpercentage .6453SENT. That6454DTthat is6455VBZbe ,6456,, you6457PPyou have6458VHPhave to6459TOto be6460VBbe on6461INon task6462NNtask about6463INabout 806464CD@card@ percent6465NNpercent .6466SENT. And6467CCand so6468RBso she6469PPshe says6470VVZsay she6471PPshe gets6472VVZget it6473PPit from6474INfrom her6475PP$her experience6476NNexperience doing6477VVGdo job6478NNjob analyses6479NNSanalysis .6480SENT. A6481DTa few6482JJfew lines6483NNSline down6484RBdown :6485:: Can6486MDcan you6487PPyou provide6488VVprovide the6489DTthe job6490NNjob analyses6491NNSanalysis ?6492SENT? The6493DTthe expert6494NNexpert says6495VVZsay ,6496,, I6497PPI cannot6498MDcan .6499SENT. It6500PPit does6501VVZdo n't6502RBn't say6503VVsay that6504DTthat .6505SENT. She6506PPshe just6507RBjust says6508VVZsay ...6509:... observes6510VVZobserve those6511DTthose would6512MDwould be6513VBbe part6514NNpart of6515INof people's6516NNSpeople's ,6517,, that6518WDTthat is6519VBZbe ,6520,, individuals6521NNSindividual '6522POS' ,6523,, private6524JJprivate confidential6525JJconfidential files6526NNSfile .6527SENT. Now6528RBnow ,6529,, remember6530VVremember ,6531,, this6532DTthis expert6533NNexpert ,6534,, her6535PP$her resume6536NNresume is6537VBZbe in6538INin the6539DTthe record6540NNrecord and6541CCand she6542PPshe was6543VBDbe certified6544VVNcertify as6545INas a6546DTa ...6547:... a6548DTa vocational6549JJvocational expert6550NNexpert .6551SENT. [JUSTICE GINSBURG]6552LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] But6553CCbut what6554WPwhat are6555VBPbe ...6556:... what6557WPwhat are6558VBPbe ...6559:... what6560WPwhat are6561VBPbe the6562DTthe ...6563:... what6564WPwhat are6565VBPbe the6566DTthe people6567NNSpeople ?6568SENT? I6569PPI ...6570:... I6571PPI do6572VVPdo n't6573RBn't have6574VHhave a6575DTa grasp6576NNgrasp on6577INon whose6578WP$whose confidentiality6579NNconfidentiality is6580VBZbe at6581INat stake6582NNstake .6583SENT. [MR. YANG]6584LOC[MR. YANG] These6585DTthese are6586VBPbe individuals6587NNSindividual that6588WDTthat have6589VHPhave disabilities6590NNSdisability .6591SENT. This6592DTthis vocational6593JJvocational expert6594NNexpert works6595NNSwork as6596INas a6597DTa rehabilitation6598NNrehabilitation consultant6599NNconsultant to6600TOto find6601VVfind jobs6602NNSjob for6603INfor people6604NNSpeople .6605SENT. That6606DTthat 's6607VBZbe her6608PP$her job6609NNjob .6610SENT. So6611RBso she6612PPshe is6613VBZbe very6614RBvery well6615RBwell situated6616VVNsituate to6617TOto take6618VVtake a6619DTa person6620NNperson ,6621,, have6622VHPhave hypothetical6623JJhypothetical questions6624NNSquestion about6625INabout what6626WPwhat the6627DTthe person6628NNperson can6629MDcan do6630VVdo ,6631,, and6632CCand answer6633NNanswer questions6634NNSquestion .6635SENT. And6636CCand this6637DTthis is6638VBZbe precisely6639RBprecisely what6640WPwhat she6641PPshe 's6642VBZbe doing6643VVGdo .6644SENT. She6645PPshe 's6646VBZbe saying6647VVGsay ,6648,, on6649INon my6650PP$my experience6651NNexperience ,6652,, you6653PPyou need6654VVPneed to6655TOto be6656VBbe able6657JJable to6658TOto focus6659NNfocus ,6660,, be6661VBbe on6662INon task6663NNtask 806664CD@card@ percent6665NNpercent of6666INof the6667DTthe time6668NNtime .6669SENT. That6670DTthat 's6671VBZbe the6672DTthe type6673NNtype of6674INof information6675NNinformation that6676IN/thatthat you6677PPyou find6678VVPfind ...6679:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]6680LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Well6681UHWell ,6682,, without6683INwithout the6684DTthe data6685NNSdatum ,6686,, how6687WRBhow is6688VBZbe somebody6689NNsomebody to6690TOto cross-examine6691VVcross-examine her6692PPher on6693INon that6694WDTthat and6695CCand how6696WRBhow is6697VBZbe the6698DTthe ALJ6699NPALJ to6700TOto verify6701VVverify that6702DTthat conclusion6703NNconclusion ?6704SENT? [MR. YANG]6705LOC[MR. YANG] Well6706UHwell ,6707,, you6708PPyou cross-examine6709VVPcross-examine by6710INby simply6711RBsimply asking6712VVGask basic6713JJbasic questions6714NNSquestion .6715SENT. Well6716UHwell ,6717,, when6718WRBwhen you6719PPyou say6720VVPsay doing6721VVGdo job6722NNjob analyses6723NNSanalysis ,6724,, what6725WPwhat does6726VVZdo that6727DTthat mean6728NNmean ?6729SENT? Where6730WRBwhere are6731VBPbe you6732PPyou getting6733VVGget this6734DTthis information6735NNinformation ?6736SENT? When6737WRBwhen you6738PPyou talk6739VVPtalk about6740INabout your6741PP$your confidential6742JJconfidential files6743NNSfile ,6744,, what6745WPwhat is6746VBZbe the6747DTthe information6748NNinformation in6749INin the6750DTthe confidential6751JJconfidential file6752NNfile ?6753SENT? Where6754WRBwhere do6755VVPdo you6756PPyou develop6757VVdevelop that6758DTthat information6759NNinformation ?6760SENT? There6761EXthere 's6762VBZbe a6763DTa whole6764JJwhole string6765NNstring of6766INof questions6767NNSquestion about6768INabout methodology6769NNmethodology ,6770,, sources6771NNSsource ,6772,, that6773WDTthat can6774MDcan be6775VBbe explored6776VVNexplore .6777SENT. And6778CCand if6779INif there6780RBthere ...6781:... you6782PPyou ...6783:... you6784PPyou can6785MDcan get6786VVget to6787TOto a6788DTa point6789NNpoint ,6790,, and6791CCand there6792EXthere are6793VBPbe case6794NNcase law6795NNlaw ,6796,, we6797PPwe cite6798VVPcite a6799DTa case6800NNcase ,6801,, at6802INat least6803JJSleast one6804CDone case6805NNcase in6806INin our6807PP$our brief6808NNbrief where6809WRBwhere ,6810,, if6811INif you6812PPyou go6813VVPgo down6814RPdown the6815DTthe cross-examination6816NNcross-examination path6817NNpath and6818CCand the6819DTthe expert6820NNexpert simply6821RBsimply is6822VBZbe not6823RBnot able6824JJable to6825TOto provide6826VVprovide cogent6827JJcogent responses6828NNSresponse ,6829,, that6830WDTthat will6831MDwill undermine6832VVundermine the6833DTthe testimony6834NNtestimony and6835CCand maybe6836RBmaybe render6837VVrender it6838PPit not6839RBnot ...6840:... not6841RBnot substantial6842JJsubstantial evidence6843NNevidence .6844SENT. But6845CCbut ,6846,, here6847RBhere ,6848,, there6849EXthere was6850VBDbe no6851DTno cross-examination6852NNcross-examination .6853SENT. The6854DTthe judge6855NNjudge intervenes6856VVZintervene .6857SENT. The6858DTthe judge6859NNjudge says6860VVZsay :6861:: I6862PPI 'm6863VBPbe not6864RBnot going6865VVGgo to6866TOto require6867VVrequire that6868DTthat .6869SENT. If6870INif it6871PPit 's6872VBZbe an6873DTan individual6874JJindividual ...6875:... confidential6876JJconfidential files6877NNSfile of6878INof individual6879JJindividual people6880NNSpeople ,6881,, I6882PPI 'm6883VBPbe not6884RBnot going6885VVGgo to6886TOto require6887VVrequire it6888PPit .6889SENT. It6890PPit 's6891VBZbe not6892RBnot ...6893:... there6894EXthere 's6895VBZbe no6896DTno adverse6897JJadverse inference6898NNinference .6899SENT. The6900DTthe judges6901NNSjudge ...6902:... or6903CCor the6904DTthe ...6905:... the6906DTthe expert6907NNexpert simply6908RBsimply is6909VBZbe explaining6910VVGexplain that6911IN/thatthat those6912DTthose ...6913:... this6914DTthis subset6915NNsubset of6916INof data6917NNSdatum ,6918,, not6919RBnot the6920DTthe high6921JJhigh level6922NNlevel ,6923,, but6924CCbut the6925DTthe second6926JJsecond level6927NNlevel of6928INof data6929NNSdatum ,6930,, is6931VBZbe in6932INin confidential6933JJconfidential files6934NNSfile .6935SENT. Then6936RBthen she6937PPshe goes6938VVZgo on6939INon to6940TOto the6941DTthe job6942NNjob numbers6943NNSnumber .6944SENT. Now6945RBnow ,6946,, remember6947VVremember ,6948,, the6949DTthe job6950NNjob numbers6951NNSnumber are6952VBPbe ,6953,, again6954RBagain ,6955,, on6956INon two6957CDtwo different6958JJdifferent levels6959NNSlevel .6960SENT. There6961EXthere 's6962VBZbe the6963DTthe high-level6964JJhigh-level job6965NNjob numbers6966NNSnumber ,6967,, that6968WDTthat is6969VBZbe ,6970,, 360,0006971CD@card@ jobs6972NNSjob between6973INbetween bench6974NNbench assemblers6975NNSassembler and6976CCand sorters6977NNSsorter ,6978,, and6979CCand then6980RBthen there6981EXthere 's6982VBZbe an6983DTan ...6984:... an6985DTan additional6986JJadditional one6987CDone when6988WRBwhen ...6989:... when6990WRBwhen you6991PPyou 're6992VBPbe given6993VVNgive the6994DTthe hypothetical6995JJhypothetical about6996INabout lifting6997NNlifting .6998SENT. That6999DTthat 's7000VBZbe going7001VVGgo to7002TOto be7003VBbe reduced7004VVNreduce 207005CD@card@ to7006TOto 307007CD@card@ percent7008NNpercent .7009SENT. And7010CCand counsel7011NNcounsel asks7012VVZask ...7013:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]7014LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] Can7015MDcan ...7016:... can7017MDcan we7018PPwe go7019VVgo back7020RBback to7021TOto what7022WPwhat you7023PPyou said7024VVDsay ,7025,, you7026PPyou would7027MDwould dismiss7028VVdismiss the7029DTthe ...7030:... the7031DTthe handbook7032NNhandbook ,7033,, but7034CCbut I7035PPI think7036VVPthink this7037DTthis is7038VBZbe an7039DTan accurate7040JJaccurate quote7041NNquote from7042INfrom it7043PPit :7044:: At7045INat all7046DTall hearings7047NNShearing ,7048,, you7049PPyou ,7050,, the7051DTthe vocational7052JJvocational expert7053NNexpert ,7054,, should7055MDshould be7056VBbe prepared7057VVNprepare to7058TOto cite7059VVcite ,7060,, explain7061VVexplain ,7062,, and7063CCand furnish7064VVfurnish any7065DTany sources7066NNSsource you7067PPyou rely7068VVPrely on7069INon to7070TOto support7071VVsupport your7072PP$your testimony7073NNtestimony .7074SENT. [MR. YANG]7075LOC[MR. YANG] I7076PPI ...7077:... I7078PPI ...7079:... that7080WDTthat is7081VBZbe probably7082RBprobably an7083DTan exact7084JJexact quote7085NNquote .7086SENT. But7087CCbut what7088WPwhat I7089PPI will7090MDwill say7091VVsay is7092VBZbe that7093IN/thatthat there7094EXthere 's7095VBZbe no7096DTno way7097NNway ...7098:... a7099DTa vocational7100JJvocational expert7101NNexpert cannot7102MDcan know7103VVknow they7104PPthey 're7105VBPbe going7106VVGgo to7107TOto ask7108VVask can7109MDcan you7110PPyou lift7111VVlift five7112CDfive pounds7113NNSpound ,7114,, can7115MDcan you7116PPyou lift7117VVlift seven7118CDseven pounds7119NNSpound .7120SENT. This7121DTthis person7122NNperson has7123VHZhave this7124DTthis specific7125JJspecific type7126NNtype of7127INof ...7128:... of7129INof depression7130NNdepression that7131WDTthat requires7132VVZrequire X7133NPX ,7134,, Y7135NPY ,7136,, and7137CCand Z7138NPZ .7139SENT. You7140PPyou do7141VVPdo n't7142RBn't have7143VHhave public7144JJpublic sources7145NNSsource for7146INfor that7147DTthat .7148SENT. The7149DTthe expert7150NNexpert 's7151VBZbe relying7152VVGrely on7153INon expertise7154NNexpertise that7155WDTthat 's7156VBZbe built7157VVNbuild and7158CCand may7159MDmay be7160VBbe reflected7161VVNreflect in7162INin confidential7163JJconfidential client7164NNclient files7165NNSfile .7166SENT. But7167CCbut you7168PPyou can7169MDcan 't7170RB't bring7171VVbring your7172PP$your entire7173JJentire source7174NNsource of7175INof your7176PP$your files7177NNSfile through7178INthrough your7179PP$your professional7180JJprofessional experience7181NNexperience to7182TOto the7183DTthe hearing7184NNhearing .7185SENT. That7186DTthat 's7187VBZbe impossible7188JJimpossible .7189SENT. So7190INso the7191DTthe only7192JJonly ...7193:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]7194LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Mr7195NPMr .7196SENT. Yang7197NPYang ...7198:... [MR. YANG]7199LOC[MR. YANG] ...7200:... we7201PPwe think7202VVPthink the7203DTthe only7204JJonly reasonable7205JJreasonable way7206NNway to7207TOto read7208VVread this7209DTthis is7210VBZbe we7211PPwe 're7212VBPbe talking7213VVGtalk about7214INabout the7215DTthe upper7216JJupper order7217NNorder ,7218,, the7219DTthe first7220JJfirst order7221NNorder of7222INof things7223NNSthing ,7224,, BLS7225NPBLS data7226NNSdatum ,7227,, Dictionary7228NPDictionary of7229INof Occupational7230NPOccupational Data7231NPData ,7232,, that7233DTthat kind7234NNkind of7235INof stuff7236NNstuff can7237MDcan be7238VBbe reasonably7239RBreasonably be7240VBbe expected7241VVNexpect to7242TOto be7243VBbe brought7244VVNbring .7245SENT. But7246CCbut this7247DTthis other7248JJother stuff7249NNstuff ,7250,, it7251PPit would7252MDwould be7253VBbe impossible7254JJimpossible .7255SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7256LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] So7257RBso ...7258:... so7259INso "7260''" any7261DTany "7262``" does7263VVZdo n't7264RBn't mean7265VVmean any7266DTany ?7267SENT? [MR. YANG]7268LOC[MR. YANG] Like7269INlike some7270DTsome agency7271NNagency pronouncements7272NNSpronouncement ,7273,, they7274PPthey 're7275VBPbe not7276RBnot ...7277:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7278LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] We7279PPwe ...7280:... we7281PPwe should7282MDshould n't7283RBn't defer7284VVdefer to7285TOto the7286DTthe agency7287NNagency 's7288POS's handbook7289NNhandbook on7290INon "7291``" any7292RBany "7293''" in7294INin this7295DTthis case7296NNcase ?7297SENT? [MR. YANG]7298LOC[MR. YANG] Well7299UHWell ,7300,, the7301DTthe non-guidance7302NNnon-guidance ...7303:... the7304DTthe non-binding7305JJnon-binding guidance7306NNguidance is7307VBZbe written7308VVNwrite for7309INfor non-lawyers7310NNSnon-lawyer .7311SENT. It7312PPit 's7313VBZbe not7314RBnot intended7315VVNintend to7316TOto be7317VBbe a7318DTa statute7319NNstatute .7320SENT. And7321CCand I7322PPI think7323VVPthink it7324PPit has7325VHZhave ...7326:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7327LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] It7328PPit 's7329VBZbe written7330VVNwrite for7331INfor the7332DTthe ...7333:... for7334INfor the7335DTthe experts7336NNSexpert ,7337,, right7338RBright ?7339SENT? [MR. YANG]7340LOC[MR. YANG] It7341PPit 's7342VBZbe written7343VVNwrite for7344INfor the7345DTthe experts7346NNSexpert .7347SENT. But7348CCbut ,7349,, again7350RBagain ,7351,, if7352INif you7353PPyou 're7354VBPbe a7355DTa vocational7356JJvocational expert7357NNexpert and7358CCand you7359PPyou know7360VVPknow how7361WRBhow the7362DTthe game7363NNgame is7364VBZbe played7365VVNplay ,7366,, you7367PPyou know7368VVPknow how7369WRBhow this7370DTthis ...7371:... this7372DTthis ...7373:... this7374DTthis proceeds7375NNSproceed ...7376:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7377LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Can7378MDcan I7379PPI ask7380VVask a7381DTa ...7382:... [JUSTICE ALITO]7383LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Well7384UHWell ...7385:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7386LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] ...7387:... different7388JJdifferent ...7389:... [MR. YANG]7390LOC[MR. YANG] ...7391:... there7392EXthere 's7393VBZbe no7394DTno way7395NNway you7396PPyou can7397MDcan bring7398VVbring all7399PDTall your7400PP$your files7401NNSfile .7402SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7403LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] ...7404:... just7405RBjust a7406DTa slightly7407RBslightly different7408JJdifferent line7409NNline of7410INof questioning7411VVGquestion .7412SENT. If7413INif we7414PPwe were7415VBDbe in7416INin federal7417JJfederal district7418NNdistrict court7419NNcourt ...7420:... and7421CCand I7422PPI know7423VVPknow we7424PPwe 're7425VBPbe not7426RBnot ,7427,, and7428CCand forget7429VVforget about7430INabout the7431DTthe Rules7432NNSrule of7433INof Evidence7434NNevidence ...7435:... but7436CCbut if7437INif ...7438:... if7439INif on7440INon the7441DTthe key7442JJkey issue7443NNissue in7444INin the7445DTthe case7446NNcase the7447DTthe evidence7448NNevidence depended7449VVDdepend upon7450INupon the7451DTthe testimony7452NNtestimony of7453INof an7454DTan expert7455NNexpert ,7456,, and7457CCand the7458DTthe expert7459NNexpert said7460VVDsay ,7461,, ah7462NNah ,7463,, I7464PPI 'm7465VBPbe not7466RBnot going7467VVGgo to7468TOto give7469VVgive you7470PPyou my7471PP$my underlying7472VVGunderlie data7473NNSdatum ,7474,, it7475PPit 's7476VBZbe secret7477JJsecret ,7478,, I7479PPI do7480VVPdo n't7481RBn't think7482VVthink we7483PPwe would7484MDwould hesitate7485VVhesitate to7486TOto find7487VVfind that7488IN/thatthat no7489DTno rational7490JJrational jury7491NNjury could7492MDcould sustain7493VVsustain a7494DTa verdict7495NNverdict in7496INin favor7497NNfavor of7498INof the7499DTthe party7500NNparty propounding7501VVGpropound that7502DTthat expert7503NNexpert .7504SENT. Why7505WRBwhy is7506VBZbe n't7507RBn't the7508DTthe same7509JJsame true7510JJtrue here7511RBhere ?7512SENT? [MR. YANG]7513LOC[MR. YANG] If7514INif that7515WDTthat were7516VBDbe all7517PDTall that7518DTthat 's7519VBZbe standing7520VVGstand alone7521RBalone ,7522,, that7523WDTthat may7524MDmay well7525RBwell be7526VBbe true7527JJtrue .7528SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7529LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Okay7530NPOkay .7531SENT. So7532RBso you7533PPyou admit7534VVPadmit the7535DTthe principle7536NNprinciple ...7537:... [MR. YANG]7538LOC[MR. YANG] But7539CCbut ...7540:... but7541CCbut I7542PPI would7543MDwould n't7544RBn't ...7545:... I7546PPI would7547MDwould n't7548RBn't ...7549:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7550LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] ...7551:... so7552RBso ...7553:... so7554RBso can7555MDcan we7556PPwe just7557RBjust be7558VBbe ...7559:... [MR. YANG]7560LOC[MR. YANG] ...7561:... I7562PPI would7563MDwould n't7564RBn't concede7565VVconcede that7566IN/thatthat ,7567,, though7568RBthough ,7569,, because7570RBbecause ...7571:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7572LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Well7573UHwell ,7574,, we7575PPwe ...7576:... [MR. YANG]7577LOC[MR. YANG] ...7578:... it7579PPit depends7580VVZdepend on7581INon the7582DTthe entire7583JJentire record7584NNrecord .7585SENT. And7586CCand there7587RBthere ...7588:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7589LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Yeah7590NPYeah ,7591,, sure7592RBsure it7593PPit does7594VVZdo .7595SENT. But7596CCbut I7597PPI ...7598:... I7599PPI ...7600:... my7601PP$my hypothetical7602JJhypothetical is7603VBZbe that7604IN/thatthat that7605DTthat 's7606VBZbe the7607DTthe key7608JJkey point7609NNpoint ,7610,, and7611CCand on7612INon that7613DTthat key7614JJkey point7615NNpoint ,7616,, the7617DTthe only7618JJonly major7619JJmajor piece7620NNpiece of7621INof evidence7622NNevidence is7623VBZbe an7624DTan expert7625NNexpert who7626WPwho says7627VVZsay I7628PPI have7629VHhave secret7630JJsecret data7631NNSdatum .7632SENT. You7633PPyou 'd7634MDwould agree7635VVagree that7636IN/thatthat we7637PPwe would7638MDwould reverse7639VVreverse ?7640SENT? [MR. YANG]7641LOC[MR. YANG] Likely7642JJlikely reverse7643NNreverse .7644SENT. However7645RBhowever ...7646:... however7647RBhowever ,7648,, I7649PPI would7650MDwould like7651VVlike to7652TOto point7653VVpoint out7654RPout some7655DTsome key7656JJkey differences7657NNSdifference .7658SENT. There7659EXthere 's7660VBZbe factual7661JJfactual differences7662NNSdifference ,7663,, which7664WDTwhich is7665VBZbe ,7666,, one7667CDone ,7668,, this7669DTthis expert7670NNexpert 's7671VBZbe not7672RBnot refusing7673VVGrefuse .7674SENT. There7675EXthere 's7676VBZbe a7677DTa ruling7678NNruling by7679INby the7680DTthe adjudicator7681NNadjudicator .7682SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7683LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Fine7684NPFine .7685SENT. [MR. YANG]7686LOC[MR. YANG] The7687DTthe adjudicator7688NNadjudicator ...7689:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7690LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Fine7691NPFine .7692SENT. You7693PPyou can7694MDcan modify7695VVmodify my7696PP$my hypothetical7697JJhypothetical .7698SENT. [MR. YANG]7699LOC[MR. YANG] But7700CCbut ...7701:... no7702UHno ,7703,, but7704CCbut ...7705:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7706LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] That7707DTthat does7708VVZdo n't7709RBn't make7710VVmake any7711DTany difference7712NNdifference ,7713,, does7714VVZdo it7715PPit ?7716SENT? [MR. YANG]7717LOC[MR. YANG] Well7718UHWell ,7719,, no7720UHno ,7721,, I7722PPI actually7723RBactually not7724RBnot ...7725:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7726LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] If7727INif the7728DTthe district7729NNdistrict court7730NNcourt said7731VVDsay I7732PPI 'm7733VBPbe not7734RBnot going7735VVGgo to7736TOto make7737VVmake the7738DTthe expert7739JJexpert turn7740NNturn over7741INover his7742PP$his secret7743JJsecret evidence7744NNevidence ,7745,, we7746PPwe 'd7747MDwould still7748RBstill reverse7749VVreverse because7750INbecause no7751DTno rational7752JJrational jury7753NNjury could7754MDcould find7755VVfind .7756SENT. [MR. YANG]7757LOC[MR. YANG] Actually7758RBactually ,7759,, I7760PPI 'm7761VBPbe not7762RBnot sure7763JJsure that7764WDTthat 's7765VBZbe right7766JJright .7767SENT. This7768DTthis Court7769NPCourt has7770VHZhave held7771VVNhold that7772IN/thatthat ,7773,, for7774INfor instance7775NNinstance ,7776,, there7777EXthere 's7778VBZbe no7779DTno ...7780:... no7781DTno process7782NNprocess problem7783NNproblem with7784INwith admitting7785VVGadmit allegedly7786RBallegedly totally7787RBtotally unreliable7788JJunreliable evidence7789NNevidence so7790RBso long7791RBlong as7792INas you7793PPyou have7794VHPhave the7795DTthe ability7796NNability to7797TOto ...7798:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7799LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Not7800RBnot a7801DTa process7802NNprocess problem7803NNproblem .7804SENT. [MR. YANG]7805LOC[MR. YANG] ...7806:... to7807TOto contest7808VVcontest it7809PPit .7810SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]7811LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Not7812RBnot a7813DTa process7814NNprocess problem7815NNproblem .7816SENT. Sufficient7817JJsufficient evidence7818NNevidence for7819INfor a7820DTa rational7821JJrational jury7822NNjury to7823TOto reach7824VVreach a7825DTa conclusion7826NNconclusion .7827SENT. [MR. YANG]7828LOC[MR. 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[JUSTICE BREYER]7894LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] How7895WRBHow does7896VVZdo that7897DTthat work7898NNwork ?7899SENT? I7900PPI mean7901VVPmean ,7902,, I7903PPI ...7904:... I7905PPI actually7906RBactually do7907VVPdo n't7908RBn't know7909VVknow in7910INin a7911DTa district7912NNdistrict judge7913NNjudge .7914SENT. But7915CCbut ...7916:... but7917CCbut think7918VVPthink of7919INof any7920DTany kind7921NNkind of7922INof an7923DTan expert7924NNexpert ,7925,, a7926DTa house7927NNhouse painter7928NNpainter ,7929,, or7930CCor a7931DTa doctor7932NNdoctor ,7933,, and7934CCand the7935DTthe plaintiff7936NNplaintiff has7937VHZhave a7938DTa certain7939JJcertain kind7940NNkind of7941INof injury7942NNinjury to7943TOto himself7944PPhimself or7945CCor his7946PP$his house7947NNhouse ,7948,, and7949CCand the7950DTthe doctor7951NNdoctor says7952VVZsay :7953:: Well7954UHwell ,7955,, a7956DTa person7957NNperson who7958WPwho coughs7959VVZcough like7960INlike that7961DTthat and7962CCand a7963DTa person7964NNperson who7965WPwho has7966VHZhave that7967DTthat kind7968NNkind of7969INof lifting7970VVGlift problem7971NNproblem ,7972,, I7973PPI 've7974VHPhave looked7975VVNlook up7976RPup all7977PDTall the7978DTthe treatises7979NNStreatise ,7980,, and7981CCand they7982PPthey suggest7983VVPsuggest there7984EXthere might7985MDmight be7986VBbe X7987NPX or7988CCor Y7989NPY ,7990,, and7991CCand in7992INin my7993PP$my experience7994NNexperience ,7995,, I7996PPI can7997MDcan refine7998VVrefine that7999IN/thatthat further8000JJRfurther because8001INbecause I8002PPI 've8003VHPhave had8004VHDhave thousands8005NNSthousand of8006INof clients8007NNSclient .8008SENT. And8009CCand when8010WRBwhen they8011PPthey cough8012VVPcough like8013INlike that8014DTthat ,8015,, it8016PPit means8017VVZmean dah-dah-dah8018NNdah-dah-dah .8019SENT. Okay8020JJokay ?8021SENT? And8022CCand that8023DTthat 's8024VBZbe all8025DTall there8026RBthere is8027VBZbe .8028SENT. And8029CCand if8030INif that8031WDTthat 's8032VBZbe all8033DTall there8034RBthere is8035VBZbe ,8036,, does8037VVZdo that8038DTthat expert8039NNexpert ...8040:... or8041CCor the8042DTthe house8043NNhouse painter8044NNpainter says8045VVZsay the8046DTthe same8047JJsame thing8048NNthing about8049INabout a8050DTa ...8051:... about8052INabout a8053DTa rotten8054JJrotten board8055NNboard .8056SENT. A8057DTa rotten8058JJrotten board8059NNboard in8060INin my8061PP$my experience8062NNexperience means8063VVZmean termites8064NNStermite if8065INif it8066PPit 's8067VBZbe like8068INlike this8069DTthis but8070CCbut not8071RBnot if8072INif it8073PPit leads8074VVZlead that8075DTthat .8076SENT. And8077CCand ...8078:... and8079CCand I8080PPI 've8081VHPhave talked8082VVNtalk to8083TOto many8084JJmany doctors8085NNSdoctor or8086CCor many8087JJmany house8088NNhouse painters8089NNSpainter ,8090,, and8091CCand I8092PPI 've8093VHPhave seen8094VVNsee a8095DTa lot8096NNlot myself8097PPmyself ,8098,, and8099CCand that8100DTthat 's8101VBZbe my8102PP$my experience8103NNexperience .8104SENT. Now8105RBnow is8106VBZbe that8107IN/thatthat reversible8108JJreversible error8109NNerror ?8110SENT? [MR. YANG]8111LOC[MR. YANG] No8112NPNo .8113SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]8114LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Well8115UHWell ,8116,, then8117RBthen why8118WRBwhy would8119MDwould it8120PPit be8121VBbe reversible8122JJreversible error8123NNerror here8124RBhere if8125INif the8126DTthe vocational8127JJvocational expert8128NNexpert says8129VVZsay exactly8130RBexactly the8131DTthe same8132JJsame thing8133NNthing ?8134SENT? [MR. YANG]8135LOC[MR. YANG] The8136NPThe ...8137:... [JUSTICE BREYER]8138LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] You8139PPyou 're8140VBPbe going8141VVGgo to8142TOto say8143VVsay it8144PPit is8145VBZbe n't8146RBn't .8147SENT. Okay8148JJokay .8149SENT. [MR. YANG]8150LOC[MR. YANG] The8151NPThe ...8152:... no8153UHno ,8154,, the8155DTthe one8156CDone thing8157NNthing that8158IN/thatthat I8159PPI 'm8160VBPbe holding8161VVGhold out8162RBout is8163VBZbe ...8164:... is8165VBZbe this8166DTthis standard8167NNstandard looks8168VVZlook to8169TOto the8170DTthe whole8171JJwhole record8172NNrecord ,8173,, and8174CCand there8175EXthere are8176VBPbe things8177NNSthing that8178WDTthat could8179MDcould ...8180:... evidence8181NNevidence that8182WDTthat can8183MDcan be8184VBbe admitted8185VVNadmit into8186INinto the8187DTthe record8188NNrecord that8189WDTthat can8190MDcan undermine8191VVundermine the8192DTthe bottom8193JJbottom line8194NNline conclusion8195NNconclusion .8196SENT. So8197RBso if8198INif ,8199,, for8200INfor instance8201NNinstance ...8202:... and8203CCand there8204EXthere are8205VBPbe cases8206NNScase like8207INlike this8208DTthis ...8209:... the8210DTthe vocational8211JJvocational expert8212NNexpert gives8213VVZgive a8214DTa bottom8215JJbottom line8216NNline number8217NNnumber and8218CCand then8219RBthen there8220EXthere 's8221VBZbe cross-examination8222NNcross-examination and8223CCand this8224DTthis ...8225:... the8226DTthe vocational8227JJvocational expert8228NNexpert cannot8229MDcan answer8230VVanswer in8231INin any8232DTany credible8233JJcredible way8234NNway how8235WRBhow the8236DTthe expert8237NNexpert came8238VVDcome about8239INabout doing8240VVGdo this8241DTthis .8242SENT. Well8243UHwell ,8244,, you8245PPyou know8246VVPknow ,8247,, I8248PPI 'm8249VBPbe a8250DTa vocational8251JJvocational expert8252NNexpert .8253SENT. Well8254UHwell ,8255,, that8256WDTthat does8257VVZdo n't8258RBn't make8259VVmake any8260DTany sense8261NNsense .8262SENT. We8263PPwe 're8264VBPbe asking8265VVGask you8266PPyou how8267WRBhow .8268SENT. And8269CCand you8270PPyou probe8271VVPprobe and8272CCand you8273PPyou probe8274VVPprobe ,8275,, and8276CCand it8277PPit ends8278VVZend up8279RPup under8280INunder ...8281:... so8282RBso undermining8283VVGundermine that8284DTthat testimony8285NNtestimony that8286IN/thatthat the8287DTthe record8288NNrecord evidence8289NNevidence shows8290VVZshow that8291IN/thatthat not8292RBnot a8293DTa reasonable8294JJreasonable person8295NNperson ...8296:... a8297DTa reasonable8298JJreasonable person8299NNperson would8300MDwould not8301RBnot have8302VHhave relied8303VVNrely upon8304INupon that8305DTthat .8306SENT. That's8307NPThat's ...8308:... that8309WDTthat 's8310VBZbe a8311DTa different8312JJdifferent ...8313:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8314LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well8315UHwell ,8316,, but8317CCbut no8318DTno matter8319NNmatter how8320NNhow ...8321:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8322LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Mr8323NPMr .8324SENT. Yang8325NPYang ,8326,, it8327PPit 's8328VBZbe really8329RBreally ...8330:... I8331PPI 'm8332VBPbe sorry8333JJsorry .8334SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]8335LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] ...8336:... no8337DTno matter8338NNmatter how8339WRBhow much8340JJmuch of8341INof an8342DTan expert8343NNexpert a8344DTa person8345NNperson is8346VBZbe ,8347,, what8348WPwhat you8349PPyou 've8350VHPhave basically8351RBbasically said8352VVNsay is8353VBZbe ...8354:... is8355VBZbe trust8356NNtrust me8357PPme .8358SENT. I've8359NNI've ...8360:... I8361PPI 've8362VHPhave done8363VVNdo this8364DTthis for8365INfor a8366DTa while8367NNwhile and8368CCand I8369PPI think8370VVPthink ...8371:... and8372CCand it8373PPit 's8374VBZbe not8375RBnot just8376RBjust trust8377VVtrust me8378PPme ,8379,, I8380PPI think8381VVPthink ,8382,, in8383INin general8384NNgeneral .8385SENT. Trust8386VVtrust me8387PPme ,8388,, I8389PPI think8390VVPthink ,8391,, it8392PPit 's8393VBZbe 208394CD@card@ ,8395,, you8396PPyou know8397VVPknow ,8398,, 208399CD@card@ percent8400NNpercent .8401SENT. It8402PPit does8403VVZdo have8404VHPhave a8405DTa sense8406NNsense of8407INof being8408VBGbe pulled8409VVNpull out8410RPout of8411INof ...8412:... pulled8413VVNpull out8414RPout of8415INof the8416DTthe air8417NNair .8418SENT. [MR. YANG]8419LOC[MR. YANG] There8420RBthere ...8421:... there8422EXthere are8423VBPbe two8424CDtwo points8425NNSpoint that8426WDTthat I8427PPI think8428VVPthink are8429VBPbe important8430JJimportant .8431SENT. One8432CDOne ,8433,, there8434EXthere are8435VBPbe many8436JJmany issues8437NNSissue in8438INin a8439DTa Social8440NPSocial Security8441NPSecurity hearing8442NNhearing ,8443,, just8444RBjust like8445INlike in8446INin other8447JJother cases8448NNScase .8449SENT. This8450DTthis is8451VBZbe one8452CDone of8453INof them8454PPthem .8455SENT. And8456CCand oftentimes8457NNSoftentime issues8458NNSissue are8459VBPbe not8460RBnot contested8461VVNcontest ,8462,, and8463CCand when8464WRBwhen they8465PPthey 're8466VBPbe not8467RBnot contested8468VVNcontest ,8469,, you8470PPyou do8471VVPdo n't8472RBn't have8473VHhave to8474TOto develop8475VVdevelop much8476RBmuch of8477INof a8478DTa record8479NNrecord on8480INon it8481PPit .8482SENT. The8483DTthe reason8484NNreason is8485VBZbe you8486PPyou would8487MDwould ...8488:... if8489INif you8490PPyou had8491VHDhave to8492TOto develop8493VVdevelop a8494DTa record8495NNrecord on8496INon uncontested8497JJuncontested things8498NNSthing ,8499,, it8500PPit would8501MDwould be8502VBbe an8503DTan unmanageable8504JJunmanageable process8505NNprocess .8506SENT. It8507PPit happens8508VVZhappen in8509INin court8510NNcourt litigation8511NNlitigation .8512SENT. It8513PPit happens8514VVZhappen here8515RBhere .8516SENT. Secondly8517RBsecondly ,8518,, what8519WPwhat we8520PPwe 're8521VBPbe talking8522VVGtalk about8523RBabout is8524VBZbe the8525DTthe question8526NNquestion of8527INof ...8528:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]8529LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] But8530CCbut there8531EXthere was8532VBDbe ...8533:... here8534RBhere ,8535,, there8536EXthere was8537VBDbe ...8538:... you8539PPyou said8540VVDsay it8541PPit was8542VBDbe ...8543:... the8544DTthe expert8545NNexpert did8546VVDdo n't8547RBn't say8548VVsay no8549RBno ,8550,, but8551CCbut the8552DTthe expert8553NNexpert ...8554:... the8555DTthe question8556NNquestion to8557TOto the8558DTthe expert8559NNexpert was8560VBDbe :8561:: Can8562MDcan you8563PPyou provide8564VVprovide those8565DTthose surveys8566NNSsurvey ?8567SENT? No8568UHNo ,8569,, they8570PPthey 're8571VBPbe confidential8572JJconfidential .8573SENT. [MR. YANG]8574LOC[MR. YANG] The8575NPThe ...8576:... the8577DTthe ...8578:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]8579LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] Then8580RBthen ...8581:... so8582RBso the8583DTthe expert8584NNexpert said8585VVDsay no8586RBno ,8587,, and8588CCand then8589RBthen the8590DTthe ALJ8591NPALJ backs8592VVZback her8593PPher up8594RPup .8595SENT. [MR. YANG]8596LOC[MR. YANG] I8597PPI 'm8598VBPbe not8599RBnot seeing8600VVGsee that8601IN/thatthat in8602INin the8603DTthe record8604NNrecord ,8605,, Justice8606NPJustice Ginsburg8607NPGinsburg .8608SENT. I8609PPI see8610VVPsee :8611:: "8612``" Can8613MDcan you8614PPyou provide8615VVprovide the8616DTthe job8617NNjob analysis8618NNanalysis ?8619SENT? "8620''" "8621``" Answer8622NNanswer :8623:: They8624PPthey would8625MDwould be8626VBbe part8627NNpart of8628INof people8629NNSpeople 's8630POS's confidential8631JJconfidential files8632NNSfile .8633SENT. "8634''" The8635DTthe judge8636NNjudge ...8637:... or8638CCor the8639DTthe attorney8640NNattorney says8641VVZsay :8642:: "8643``" Well8644UHWell ,8645,, you8646PPyou can8647MDcan black8648VVblack those8649DTthose out8650RPout .8651SENT. "8652''" At8653INat that8654DTthat point8655NNpoint ,8656,, the8657DTthe ALJ8658NPALJ comes8659VVZcome in8660INin and8661CCand says8662VVZsay ,8663,, I8664PPI 'm8665VBPbe not8666RBnot going8667VVGgo to8668TOto require8669VVrequire that8670DTthat .8671SENT. Second8672JJsecond time8673NNtime ,8674,, it8675PPit comes8676VVZcome in8677RPin :8678:: Can8679MDcan you8680PPyou provide8681VVprovide your8682PP$your own8683JJown ?8684SENT? It8685PPit would8686MDwould again8687RBagain be8688VBbe the8689DTthe same8690JJsame answer8691NNanswer ,8692,, as8693INas they8694PPthey 're8695VBPbe part8696NNpart of8697INof the8698DTthe confidential8699JJconfidential files8700NNSfile .8701SENT. ALJ8702NNALJ says8703VVZsay yes8704UHyes .8705SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8706LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Does8707VVZdo it8708PPit matter8709VVmatter who8710WPwho ...8711:... [MR. YANG]8712LOC[MR. YANG] So8713INso it8714PPit 's8715VBZbe not8716RBnot ...8717:... there8718EXthere is8719VBZbe ...8720:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8721LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Mr8722NPMr .8723SENT. Yang8724NPYang ,8725,, you8726PPyou seem8727VVPseem to8728TOto ,8729,, in8730INin answering8731VVGanswer Justice8732NPJustice Gorsuch8733NPGorsuch ,8734,, believe8735VVPbelieve that8736IN/thatthat because8737INbecause the8738DTthe ALJ8739NPALJ was8740VBDbe the8741DTthe one8742CDone who8743WPwho said8744VVDsay ,8745,, I8746PPI 'm8747VBPbe not8748RBnot going8749VVGgo to8750TOto order8751VVorder that8752IN/thatthat ,8753,, that8754DTthat that8755WDTthat somehow8756RBsomehow elevates8757VVZelevate the8758DTthe prior8759JJprior answer8760NNanswer into8761INinto being8762VBGbe reliable8763JJreliable ?8764SENT? I8765PPI mean8766VVPmean ,8767,, no8768DTno expert8769NNexpert is8770VBZbe the8771DTthe judge8772NNjudge in8773INin a8774DTa case8775NNcase ,8776,, correct8777JJcorrect ?8778SENT? The8779DTthe judge8780NNjudge has8781VHZhave to8782TOto accept8783VVaccept the8784DTthe testimony8785NNtestimony .8786SENT. [MR. YANG]8787LOC[MR. YANG] Right8788NPRight ,8789,, but8790CCbut just8791RBjust ...8792:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8793LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] All8794DTall right8795NNright ?8796SENT? So8797RBso how8798WRBhow can8799MDcan an8800DTan ALJ8801NPALJ accept8802VVaccept testimony8803NNtestimony for8804INfor which8805WDTwhich it8806PPit 's8807VHZhave blocked8808VVNblock an8809DTan answer8810NNanswer about8811INabout how8812WRBhow the8813DTthe expert8814NNexpert came8815VVDcome to8816TOto their8817PP$their conclusion8818NNconclusion ?8819SENT? [MR. YANG]8820LOC[MR. YANG] The8821NPThe ...8822:... the8823DTthe question8824NNquestion ...8825:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8826LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] That8827DTthat ...8828:... that8829WDTthat 's8830VBZbe his8831PP$his basic8832JJbasic argument8833NNargument ...8834:... [MR. YANG]8835LOC[MR. YANG] The8836DTthe question8837NNquestion ...8838:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8839LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...8840:... which8841WDTwhich is8842VBZbe this8843DTthis testimony8844NNtestimony is8845VBZbe unreliable8846JJunreliable ...8847:... [MR. YANG]8848LOC[MR. YANG] I8849PPI ...8850:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8851LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] ...8852:... because8853INbecause I8854PPI was8855VBDbe blocked8856VVNblock from8857INfrom being8858VBGbe able8859JJable to8860TOto show8861VVshow a8862DTa basis8863NNbasis ...8864:... [MR. YANG]8865LOC[MR. YANG] I8866PPI ...8867:... I8868PPI understand8869VVPunderstand that8870IN/thatthat process8871NNprocess argument8872NNargument .8873SENT. My8874PP$my point8875NNpoint is8876VBZbe ,8877,, and8878CCand I8879PPI think8880VVPthink as8881INas we8882PPwe 've8883VHPhave explored8884VVNexplore already8885RBalready ,8886,, that8887IN/thatthat that8888DTthat 's8889VBZbe a8890DTa process8891NNprocess argument8892NNargument ,8893,, not8894RBnot a8895DTa substantial8896JJsubstantial evidence8897NNevidence argument8898NNargument ,8899,, because8900INbecause the8901DTthe substantial8902JJsubstantial evidence8903NNevidence depends8904VVZdepend on8905RPon ...8906:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8907LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] No8908NPNo .8909SENT. [MR. YANG]8910LOC[MR. YANG] ...8911:... what8912WPwhat actually8913RBactually comes8914VVZcome into8915INinto evidence8916NNevidence .8917SENT. [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8918LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] I8919PPI could8920MDcould get8921VVget on8922INon the8923DTthe stand8924NNstand and8925CCand say8926VVsay anything8927NNanything I8928PPI want8929VVPwant .8930SENT. And8931CCand if8932INif the8933DTthe ALJ8934NPALJ stops8935VVZstop the8936DTthe other8937JJother side8938NNside from8939INfrom giving8940VVGgive the8941DTthe bases8942NNSbase for8943INfor that8944DTthat ,8945,, the8946DTthe record8947NNrecord is8948VBZbe devoid8949JJdevoid of8950INof a8951DTa basis8952NNbasis for8953INfor that8954DTthat answer8955NNanswer ,8956,, and8957CCand it8958PPit 's8959VBZbe unreliable8960JJunreliable for8961INfor that8962DTthat reason8963NNreason .8964SENT. That8965RBthat ,8966,, I8967PPI think8968VVPthink ,8969,, is8970VBZbe the8971DTthe core8972NNcore of8973INof their8974PP$their argument8975NNargument .8976SENT. [MR. YANG]8977LOC[MR. YANG] But8978CCbut ,8979,, here8980RBhere ,8981,, the8982DTthe ALJ8983NPALJ ,8984,, which8985WDTwhich is8986VBZbe an8987DTan impartial8988JJimpartial ALJ8989NPALJ ...8990:... or8991CCor ,8992,, excuse8993VVPexcuse me8994PPme ,8995,, an8996DTan impartial8997JJimpartial expert8998NNexpert ,8999,, who9000WPwho 's9001VHZhave been9002VBNbe ...9003:... whose9004WP$whose qualifications9005NNSqualification are9006VBPbe determined9007VVNdetermine and9008CCand not9009RBnot objected9010VVNobject to9011TOto ,9012,, there9013EXthere 's9014VBZbe no9015DTno reason9016NNreason to9017TOto think9018VVthink that9019DTthat she's9020NNSshe's ...9021:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9022LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Well9023UHWell ,9024,, that9025WDTthat 's9026VBZbe ...9027:... that9028WDTthat 's9029VBZbe fascinating9030JJfascinating because9031INbecause there9032EXthere was9033VBDbe a9034DTa whole9035JJwhole exchange9036NNexchange at9037INat the9038DTthe beginning9039NNbeginning of9040INof this9041DTthis hearing9042NNhearing where9043WRBwhere the9044DTthe ALJ9045NPALJ asked9046VVDask the9047DTthe attorney9048NNattorney to9049TOto stipulate9050VVstipulate to9051TOto the9052DTthe expertise9053NNexpertise of9054INof the9055DTthe expert9056NNexpert ,9057,, and9058CCand the9059DTthe attorney9060NNattorney refused9061VVDrefuse to9062TOto do9063VVdo so9064RBso .9065SENT. [MR. YANG]9066LOC[MR. YANG] Because9067INbecause the9068DTthe attorney9069NNattorney thought9070VVDthink ...9071:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9072LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] And9073CCand he9074PPhe said9075VVDsay because9076INbecause ...9077:... [MR. YANG]9078LOC[MR. YANG] They9079PPthey thought9080VVDthink that9081IN/thatthat that9082WDTthat meant9083VVDmean they9084PPthey could9085MDcould not9086RBnot dispute9087VVdispute anything9088NNanything the9089DTthe expert9090NNexpert said9091VVDsay ,9092,, which9093WDTwhich the9094DTthe judge9095NNjudge says9096VVZsay no9097UHno ,9098,, no9099UHno ,9100,, no9101UHno ,9102,, and9103CCand the9104DTthe attorney9105NNattorney then9106RBthen clarifies9107VVZclarify ,9108,, well9109RBwell ,9110,, I9111PPI do9112VVPdo n't9113RBn't object9114VVobject to9115TOto the9116DTthe testimony9117NNtestimony then9118RBthen .9119SENT. So9120RBso ...9121:... so9122RBso there9123EXthere 's9124VBZbe a9125DTa very9126RBvery different9127JJdifferent ...9128:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]9129LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] But9130CCbut not9131RBnot to9132TOto the9133DTthe expertise9134NNexpertise and9135CCand certainly9136RBcertainly not9137RBnot to9138TOto the9139DTthe fact9140NNfact that9141IN/thatthat the9142DTthe expertise9143NNexpertise matches9144VVZmatch the9145DTthe disabilities9146NNSdisability at9147INat issue9148NNissue in9149INin this9150DTthis case9151NNcase .9152SENT. [MR. YANG]9153LOC[MR. YANG] Well9154UHWell ,9155,, let9156VVDlet ...9157:... let9158VVlet me9159PPme step9160VVstep back9161RBback a9162DTa second9163JJsecond ,9164,, and9165CCand I9166PPI think9167VVPthink this9168DTthis might9169MDmight help9170VVhelp a9171DTa little9172JJlittle .9173SENT. There9174EXthere 's9175VBZbe a9176DTa great9177JJgreat ...9178:... good9179JJgood reason9180NNreason why9181WRBwhy counsel9182NNcounsel does9183VVZdo n't9184RBn't probe9185VVprobe numbers9186NNSnumber like9187INlike this9188DTthis .9189SENT. There9190RBthere ...9191:... the9192DTthe numbers9193NNSnumber ,9194,, the9195DTthe testimony9196NNtestimony here9197RBhere ,9198,, were9199VBDbe based9200VVNbase on9201INon two9202CDtwo categories9203NNScategory of9204INof jobs9205NNSjob that9206WDTthat totaled9207VVDtotal about9208RBabout 360,0009209CD@card@ jobs9210NNSjob in9211INin the9212DTthe national9213JJnational economy9214NNeconomy .9215SENT. The9216DTthe Sixth9217NPSixth Circuit9218NPCircuit ...9219:... there9220EXthere 's9221VBZbe no9222DTno magic9223JJmagic number9224NNnumber about9225INabout what9226WPwhat constitutes9227VVZconstitute the9228DTthe standard9229NNstandard of9230INof a9231DTa significant9232JJsignificant number9233NNnumber of9234INof jobs9235NNSjob ,9236,, but9237CCbut the9238DTthe Sixth9239NPSixth Circuit9240NPCircuit ,9241,, which9242WDTwhich is9243VBZbe the9244DTthe governing9245VVGgovern circuit9246NNcircuit here9247RBhere ,9248,, has9249VHZhave held9250VVNhold ,9251,, consistent9252JJconsistent with9253INwith other9254JJother courts9255NNScourt ,9256,, that9257DTthat 6,0009258CD@card@ is9259VBZbe enough9260JJenough .9261SENT. So9262RBso we9263PPwe 're9264VBPbe talking9265VVGtalk about9266INabout numbers9267NNSnumber .9268SENT. The9269DTthe testimony9270NNtestimony at9271INat 360,0009272CD@card@ ,9273,, and9274CCand you9275PPyou got9276VVDget to9277TOto get9278VVget it9279PPit so9280RBso far9281RBfar ...9282:... it9283PPit 's9284VBZbe got9285VVNget to9286TOto be9287VBbe so9288RBso off9289JJoff that9290IN/thatthat it9291PPit can9292MDcan 't9293RB't even9294RBeven be9295VBbe ball-parked9296VVNball-parked to9297TOto 6,0009298CD@card@ .9299SENT. And9300CCand so9301RBso it9302PPit does9303VVZdo n't9304RBn't matter9305VVmatter whether9306INwhether the9307DTthe job9308NNjob number9309NNnumber is9310VBZbe 100,0009311CD@card@ or9312CCor 2509313CD@card@ or9314CCor 3609315CD@card@ ,9316,, since9317INsince all9318DTall of9319INof it9320PPit is9321VBZbe far9322RBfar beyond9323INbeyond what9324WPwhat would9325MDwould matter9326VVmatter .9327SENT. And9328CCand ,9329,, remember9330VVPremember ,9331,, this9332DTthis individual9333NNindividual ...9334:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]9335LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Well9336UHWell ,9337,, why9338WRBwhy is9339VBZbe there9340RBthere ,9341,, Mr9342NPMr .9343SENT. Yang9344NPYang ,9345,, such9346JJsuch variance9347NNvariance in9348INin the9349DTthe numbers9350NNSnumber that9351IN/thatthat these9352DTthese experts9353NNSexpert give9354VVPgive ?9355SENT? I9356PPI mean9357VVPmean ,9358,, Mr9359NPMr .9360SENT. Bhabha9361NPBhabha says9362VVZsay that9363IN/thatthat when9364WRBwhen talking9365VVGtalk about9366INabout nut9367NNnut sorters9368NNSsorter ...9369:... and9370CCand I9371PPI guess9372VVPguess I9373PPI want9374VVPwant to9375TOto know9376VVknow why9377WRBwhy everybody9378NNeverybody talks9379NNStalk about9380INabout nut9381NNnut sorters9382NNSsorter too9383RBtoo .9384SENT. [9385SYM[ LAUGHTER9386NNlaughter ]9387SYM] [JUSTICE KAGAN]9388LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] But9389CCbut it9390PPit varies9391VVZvary from9392INfrom 2609393CD@card@ to9394TOto 470,0009395CD@card@ .9396SENT. [MR. YANG]9397LOC[MR. YANG] Right9398NPRight .9399SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]9400LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] And9401CCand that9402DTthat 's9403VBZbe a9404DTa huge9405JJhuge variance9406NNvariance ,9407,, and9408CCand it9409PPit makes9410VVZmake you9411PPyou think9412VVPthink where9413WRBwhere is9414VBZbe that9415IN/thatthat coming9416VVGcome from9417INfrom and9418CCand what9419WPwhat are9420VBPbe to9421TOto ...9422:... what9423WPwhat are9424VBPbe we9425PPwe to9426TOto do9427VVdo ...9428:... [MR. YANG]9429LOC[MR. YANG] I9430PPI totally9431RBtotally understand9432VVPunderstand .9433SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]9434LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] ...9435:... when9436WRBwhen somebody9437NNsomebody ...9438:... [MR. YANG]9439LOC[MR. YANG] Yes9440NPYes .9441SENT. [JUSTICE KAGAN]9442LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] ...9443:... says9444VVZsay one9445CDone of9446INof these9447DTthese numbers9448NNSnumber ?9449SENT? [MR. YANG]9450LOC[MR. YANG] I9451PPI totally9452RBtotally understand9453VVPunderstand your9454PP$your point9455NNpoint .9456SENT. I9457PPI 've9458VHPhave got9459VVNget two9460CDtwo basic9461JJbasic responses9462NNSresponse .9463SENT. Petitioner9464NNpetitioner had9465VHDhave their9466PP$their own9467JJown expert9468NNexpert that9469WDTthat made9470VVDmake very9471RBvery specific9472JJspecific objections9473NNSobjection to9474TOto the9475DTthe expert9476NNexpert testimony9477NNtestimony presented9478VVDpresent .9479SENT. They9480PPthey did9481VVDdo not9482RBnot contest9483VVcontest the9484DTthe job9485NNjob numbers9486NNSnumber ,9487,, and9488CCand I9489PPI think9490VVPthink for9491INfor good9492JJgood reason9493NNreason .9494SENT. Now9495RBnow the9496DTthe ...9497:... the9498DTthe ...9499:... what9500WPwhat Petitioner9501NNpetitioner cites9502VVZcite to9503TOto is9504VBZbe a9505DTa amicus9506NNamicus brief9507NNbrief that9508WDTthat provides9509VVZprovide for9510INfor a9511DTa list9512NNlist of9513INof ...9514:... of9515INof various9516JJvarious numbers9517NNSnumber ,9518,, right9519RBright ?9520SENT? Now9521RBnow ,9522,, if9523INif you9524PPyou look9525VVPlook at9526INat the9527DTthe cases9528NNScase that9529WDTthat are9530VBPbe cited9531VVNcite ,9532,, at9533INat the9534DTthe stage9535NNstage 19536CD1 of9537INof the9538DTthe analysis9539NNanalysis for9540INfor the9541DTthe ...9542:... the9543DTthe vocational9544JJvocational expert9545NNexpert estimates9546NNSestimate ,9547,, they9548PPthey have9549VHPhave to9550TOto do9551VVdo a9552DTa few9553JJfew things9554NNSthing ,9555,, one9556CDone of9557INof which9558WDTwhich is9559VBZbe you9560PPyou have9561VHPhave to9562TOto determine9563VVdetermine the9564DTthe category9565NNcategory of9566INof jobs9567NNSjob .9568SENT. Now9569RBnow ,9570,, in9571INin this9572DTthis case9573NNcase ,9574,, the9575DTthe category9576NNcategory was9577VBDbe sorter9578NNsorter .9579SENT. These9580DTthese are9581VBPbe sedentary9582JJsedentary positions9583NNSposition ,9584,, but9585CCbut that9586WDTthat encompasses9587VVZencompass a9588DTa whole9589JJwhole number9590NNnumber of9591INof jobs9592NNSjob that9593WDTthat were9594VBDbe defined9595VVNdefine in9596INin the9597DTthe Dictionary9598NPDictionary of9599INof Occupational9600NPOccupational Titles9601NNStitle .9602SENT. Now9603RBnow different9604JJdifferent vocational9605JJvocational experts9606NNSexpert are9607VBPbe going9608VVGgo to9609TOto focus9610VVfocus on9611INon different9612JJdifferent sets9613NNSset .9614SENT. So9615RBso some9616DTsome of9617INof them9618PPthem may9619MDmay have9620VHhave a9621DTa broader9622JJRbroad set9623NNset of9624INof sorters9625NNSsorter ;9626:; some9627DTsome of9628INof them9629PPthem have9630VHPhave a9631DTa lesser9632JJRlesser set9633NNset .9634SENT. And9635CCand you9636PPyou do9637VVPdo n't9638RBn't list9639VVlist ,9640,, unless9641INunless it9642PPit 's9643VBZbe ...9644:... unless9645INunless it9646PPit 's9647VBZbe cross-examine9648VVcross-examine ,9649,, all9650RBall of9651INof them9652PPthem .9653SENT. You9654PPyou 're9655VBPbe asked9656VVNask initially9657RBinitially to9658TOto provide9659VVprovide an9660DTan illustrative9661JJillustrative DOT9662NPDOT number9663NNnumber .9664SENT. The9665DTthe DOT9666NPDOT number9667NNnumber provided9668VVNprovide in9669INin this9670DTthis case9671NNcase is9672VBZbe nut9673NNnut sorter9674NNsorter .9675SENT. If9676INif you9677PPyou look9678VVPlook it9679PPit up9680RPup ,9681,, it9682PPit 's9683VBZbe an9684DTan agricultural9685JJagricultural nut9686NNnut sorter9687NNsorter .9688SENT. We9689PPwe are9690VBPbe not9691RBnot suggesting9692VVGsuggest that9693IN/thatthat there9694EXthere are9695VBPbe 1259696CD@card@ agricultural9697JJagricultural nut9698NNnut sorter9699NNsorter ...9700:... 125,0009701CD@card@ agricultural9702JJagricultural nut9703NNnut sorters9704NNSsorter in9705INin the9706DTthe country9707NNcountry .9708SENT. It9709PPit 's9710VBZbe illustrative9711JJillustrative of9712INof the9713DTthe type9714NNtype of9715INof sorter9716NNsorter positions9717NNSposition ,9718,, sedentary9719JJsedentary sorter9720NNsorter positions9721NNSposition .9722SENT. So9723RBso ,9724,, when9725WRBwhen you9726PPyou look9727VVPlook at9728INat these9729DTthese cases9730NNScase ,9731,, what9732WPwhat you9733PPyou find9734VVPfind are9735VBPbe the9736DTthe courts9737NNScourt simply9738RBsimply saying9739VVGsay there9740EXthere are9741VBPbe so9742RBso many9743JJmany either9744RBeither ...9745:... in9746INin one9747CDone case9748NNcase ,9749,, it9750PPit 's9751VBZbe agricultural9752JJagricultural sorter9753NNsorter ;9754:; in9755INin one9756CDone case9757NNcase ,9758,, there9759EXthere was9760VBDbe sorter9761NNsorter ;9762:; another9763DTanother case9764NNcase was9765VBDbe sorter9766NNsorter .9767SENT. But9768CCbut you9769PPyou ...9770:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]9771LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] So9772INso you9773PPyou 're9774VBPbe saying9775VVGsay they9776PPthey 're9777VBPbe all9778RBall ask9779VVask ...9780:... answering9781VVGanswer different9782JJdifferent questions9783NNSquestion ?9784SENT? [MR. YANG]9785LOC[MR. YANG] Different9786JJdifferent questions9787NNSquestion .9788SENT. You9789PPyou cannot9790MDcan tell9791VVtell from9792INfrom this9793DTthis .9794SENT. And9795CCand the9796DTthe right9797JJright way9798NNway to9799TOto examine9800VVexamine that9801WDTthat is9802VBZbe to9803TOto cross-examine9804VVcross-examine it9805PPit .9806SENT. Cross-examination9807NNcross-examination ,9808,, as9809INas the9810DTthe Court9811NPCourt has9812VHZhave ...9813:... has9814VHZhave explained9815VVNexplain ,9816,, is9817VBZbe the9818DTthe time-tested9819JJtime-tested way9820NNway of9821INof discerning9822JJdiscerning truth9823NNtruth and9824CCand ...9825:... and9826CCand ...9827:... and9828CCand accuracy9829NNaccuracy in9830INin testimony9831NNtestimony .9832SENT. And9833CCand there9834EXthere 's9835VBZbe no9836DTno reason9837NNreason to9838TOto ...9839:... to9840TOto exclude9841VVexclude that9842IN/thatthat here9843RBhere when9844WRBwhen ...9845:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9846LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well9847UHwell ,9848,, you9849PPyou usually9850RBusually ...9851:... when9852WRBwhen you9853PPyou 're9854VBPbe having9855VHGhave someone9856NNsomeone testify9857VVtestify to9858TOto data9859NNSdatum and9860CCand numbers9861NNSnumber ,9862,, the9863DTthe way9864NNway you9865PPyou cross-examine9866VVPcross-examine is9867VBZbe to9868TOto ask9869VVask what9870WPwhat she9871PPshe relied9872VVDrely on9873INon and9874CCand then9875RBthen see9876VVsee if9877INif that9878DTthat testimony9879NNtestimony lines9880NNSline up9881RBup .9882SENT. [MR. YANG]9883LOC[MR. YANG] Yes9884NPYes .9885SENT. And9886CCand so9887RBso ,9888,, for9889INfor instance9890NNinstance ...9891:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]9892LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well9893UHWell ,9894,, yes9895UHyes .9896SENT. But9897CCbut ,9898,, here9899RBhere ,9900,, she9901PPshe said9902VVDsay ,9903,, I9904PPI ...9905:... I9906PPI can9907MDcan 't9908RB't give9909VVgive you9910PPyou the9911DTthe data9912NNdata on9913INon which9914WDTwhich I9915PPI relied9916VVDrely .9917SENT. [MR. YANG]9918LOC[MR. YANG] Well9919UHWell ,9920,, no9921UHno ,9922,, this9923DTthis is9924VBZbe ...9925:... I9926PPI 'll9927MDwill give9928VVgive you9929PPyou a9930DTa few9931JJfew questions9932NNSquestion I9933PPI think9934VVPthink would9935MDwould have9936VHhave clarified9937VVNclarify this9938DTthis case9939NNcase considerably9940RBconsiderably .9941SENT. The9942DTthe ...9943:... with9944INwith respect9945NNrespect to9946TOto the9947DTthe job9948NNjob numbers9949NNSnumber ,9950,, the9951DTthe ...9952:... the9953DTthe expert9954NNexpert testified9955VVDtestify that9956IN/thatthat she9957PPshe relied9958VVDrely on9959INon BLS9960NPBLS numbers9961NNSnumber .9962SENT. Now9963RBnow ,9964,, remember9965VVremember ,9966,, BLS9967NPBLS provides9968VVZprovide both9969DTboth national9970JJnational and9971CCand regional9972JJregional numbers9973NNSnumber for9974INfor various9975JJvarious types9976NNStype of9977INof jobs9978NNSjob .9979SENT. And9980CCand she9981PPshe additionally9982RBadditionally relied9983VVDrely on9984INon her9985PP$her individual9986JJindividual market9987NNmarket surveys9988NNSsurvey .9989SENT. And9990CCand ...9991:... but9992CCbut ,9993,, remember9994VVPremember ,9995,, in9996INin this9997DTthis context9998NNcontext ,9999,, she10000PPshe is10001VBZbe an10002DTan ...10003:... a10004DTa expert10005NNexpert who10006WPwho helps10007VVZhelp individuals10008NNSindividual find10009VVfind jobs10010NNSjob .10011SENT. So10012INso her10013PP$her labor10014NNlabor market10015NNmarket surveys10016NNSsurvey ,10017,, one10018PPone would10019MDwould assume10020VVassume ,10021,, are10022VBPbe for10023INfor individuals10024NNSindividual finding10025VVGfind jobs10026NNSjob .10027SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]10028LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Well10029UHwell ,10030,, they10031PPthey can10032MDcan redact10033VVredact the10034DTthe names10035NNSname ,10036,, right10037RBright ?10038SENT? [MR. YANG]10039LOC[MR. YANG] They10040PPthey ...10041:... they10042PPthey could10043MDcould redact10044VVredact the10045DTthe names10046NNSname .10047SENT. But10048CCbut ,10049,, if10050INif you10051PPyou would10052MDwould ask10053VVask ,10054,, well10055UHwell ,10056,, what10057WPwhat was10058VBDbe ...10059:... when10060WRBwhen you10061PPyou say10062VVPsay you10063PPyou rely10064VVPrely on10065INon the10066DTthe BLS10067NPBLS ,10068,, and10069CCand then10070RBthen you10071PPyou say10072VVPsay you10073PPyou rely10074VVPrely on10075INon the10076DTthe individual10077JJindividual market10078NNmarket surveys10079NNSsurvey ,10080,, what10081WPwhat did10082VVDdo you10083PPyou rely10084VVPrely on10085INon the10086DTthe individual10087JJindividual market10088NNmarket surveys10089NNSsurvey ?10090SENT? And10091CCand if10092INif the10093DTthe expert10094NNexpert said10095VVDsay ,10096,, as10097INas I10098PPI think10099VVPthink is10100VBZbe probably10101RBprobably the10102DTthe case10103NNcase and10104CCand as10105INas the10106DTthe ALJ10107NPALJ probably10108RBprobably assumed10109VVDassume given10110VVNgive the10111DTthe course10112NNcourse of10113INof testimony10114NNtestimony ,10115,, it10116PPit was10117VBDbe ,10118,, well10119RBwell ,10120,, there10121EXthere are10122VBPbe about10123RBabout 2010124CD@card@ to10125TOto 3010126CD@card@ percent10127NNpercent of10128INof these10129DTthese sedentary10130JJsedentary jobs10131NNSjob that10132WDTthat are10133VBPbe excluded10134VVNexclude when10135WRBwhen you10136PPyou have10137VHPhave to10138TOto lift10139VVlift above10140INabove your10141PP$your head10142NNhead .10143SENT. Right10144RBright ?10145SENT? Then10146RBthen we10147PPwe would10148MDwould know10149VVknow ...10150:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]10151LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Okay10152NPOkay .10153SENT. But10154CCbut what10155WPwhat if10156INif you10157PPyou think10158VVPthink that10159WDTthat 's10160VBZbe wrong10161JJwrong ?10162SENT? [MR. YANG]10163LOC[MR. YANG] Well10164UHWell ,10165,, then10166RBthen you10167PPyou can10168MDcan probe10169VVprobe further10170RBRfurther .10171SENT. You10172PPyou can10173MDcan say10174VVsay ,10175,, well10176RBwell ,10177,, how10178WRBhow did10179VVDdo you10180PPyou ...10181:... like10182INlike ,10183,, what10184WPwhat is10185VBZbe the10186DTthe basis10187NNbasis ?10188SENT? How10189WRBHow many10190JJmany people10191NNSpeople are10192VBPbe we10193PPwe talking10194VVGtalk about10195RBabout ?10196SENT? How10197WRBHow far10198RBfar did10199VVDdo you10200PPyou ...10201:... you10202PPyou survey10203VVPsurvey out10204RPout ?10205SENT? All10206DTall of10207INof these10208DTthese are10209VBPbe things10210NNSthing that10211WDTthat go10212VVPgo to10213TOto the10214DTthe weight10215NNweight .10216SENT. But10217CCbut ,10218,, again10219RBagain ,10220,, to10221TOto find10222VVfind no10223DTno substantial10224JJsubstantial evidence10225NNevidence ,10226,, you10227PPyou 'd10228MDwould have10229VHhave to10230TOto find10231VVfind that10232IN/thatthat no10233DTno rational10234JJrational decisionmaker10235NNdecisionmaker could10236MDcould have10237VHhave relied10238VVNrely upon10239INupon that10240DTthat .10241SENT. So10242RBso there10243EXthere are10244VBPbe all10245DTall kinds10246NNSkind of10247INof cross-examination10248NNcross-examination questions10249NNSquestion that10250WDTthat would10251MDwould have10252VHhave clarified10253VVNclarify this10254DTthis .10255SENT. And10256CCand all10257RBall we10258PPwe 're10259VBPbe saying10260VVGsay ...10261:... and10262CCand we10263PPwe 're10264VBPbe not10265RBnot saying10266VVGsay that10267IN/thatthat when10268WRBwhen you10269PPyou cross-examine10270VVPcross-examine an10271DTan expert10272NNexpert ,10273,, if10274INif for10275INfor some10276DTsome reason10277NNreason this10278DTthis impartial10279JJimpartial expert10280NNexpert who10281WPwho 's10282VHZhave already10283RBalready been10284VBNbe certified10285VVNcertify as10286INas an10287DTan expert10288NNexpert ,10289,, can10290MDcan 't10291RB't ...10292:... can10293MDcan 't10294RB't respond10295NNrespond ...10296:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10297LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] Does10298VVZdo n't10299RBn't that10300WDTthat shift10301NNshift the10302DTthe burden10303NNburden ?10304SENT? Is10305VBZbe n't10306RBn't it10307PPit your10308PP$your burden10309NNburden to10310TOto prove10311VVprove that10312IN/thatthat those10313DTthose jobs10314NNSjob exist10315VVPexist ?10316SENT? Why10317WRBwhy is10318VBZbe it10319PPit their10320PP$their burden10321NNburden to10322TOto show10323VVshow the10324DTthe basis10325NNbasis for10326INfor your10327PP$your expert10328NNexpert 's10329POS's opinion10330NNopinion ?10331SENT? [MR. YANG]10332LOC[MR. YANG] It10333PPit 's10334VBZbe their10335PP$their ...10336:... [JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10337LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR] It10338PPit 's10339VBZbe me10340PPme getting10341VVGget up10342RPup there10343RBthere and10344CCand just10345RBjust saying10346VVGsay this10347DTthis is10348VBZbe the10349DTthe number10350NNnumber ,10351,, believe10352VVPbelieve me10353PPme .10354SENT. [MR. YANG]10355LOC[MR. YANG] This10356DTthis is10357VBZbe a10358DTa public10359JJpublic right10360NNright ,10361,, and10362CCand claimants10363NNSclaimant bear10364VVPbear the10365DTthe burden10366NNburden of10367INof proving10368VVGprove disability10369NNdisability .10370SENT. The10371DTthe way10372NNway the10373DTthe Social10374NPSocial Security10375NPSecurity Administration10376NPAdministration has10377VHZhave administered10378VVNadminister the10379DTthe process10380NNprocess is10381VBZbe it10382PPit has10383VHZhave relieved10384VVNrelieve them10385PPthem of10386INof the10387DTthe burden10388NNburden of10389INof production10390NNproduction with10391INwith respect10392NNrespect to10393TOto the10394DTthe step10395NNstep 510396CD5 inquiry10397NNinquiry by10398INby providing10399VVGprovide a10400DTa vocational10401JJvocational expert10402NNexpert such10403JJsuch that10404IN/thatthat the10405DTthe vocational10406JJvocational expert10407NNexpert provides10408VVZprovide something10409NNsomething that10410IN/thatthat the10411DTthe claimant10412NNclaimant can10413MDcan respond10414VVrespond to10415TOto .10416SENT. But10417CCbut that10418DTthat does10419VVZdo n't10420RBn't mean10421VVmean that10422IN/thatthat the10423DTthe claimant10424NNclaimant can10425MDcan simply10426RBsimply say10427VVsay ,10428,, well10429UHwell ,10430,, I10431PPI want10432VVPwant a10433DTa report10434NNreport ,10435,, and10436CCand if10437INif you10438PPyou do10439VVPdo n't10440RBn't provide10441VVprovide a10442DTa report10443NNreport from10444INfrom your10445PP$your private10446JJprivate clients10447NNSclient ,10448,, there10449EXthere 's10450VBZbe not10451RBnot substantial10452JJsubstantial evidence10453NNevidence .10454SENT. You10455PPyou 're10456VBPbe at10457INat least10458JJSleast going10459VVGgo to10460TOto have10461VHhave to10462TOto require10463VVrequire cross-examination10464NNcross-examination to10465TOto be10466VBbe able10467JJable to10468TOto discern10469VVdiscern what10470WPwhat was10471VBDbe this10472DTthis ...10473:... how10474WRBhow relevant10475JJrelevant is10476VBZbe this10477DTthis report10478NNreport and10479CCand how10480WRBhow does10481VVZdo it10482PPit affect10483VVaffect the10484DTthe bottom10485JJbottom line10486NNline .10487SENT. For10488INfor instance10489NNinstance ,10490,, the10491DTthe job10492NNjob numbers10493NNSnumber that10494WDTthat ultimately10495RBultimately became10496VVDbecome relevant10497JJrelevant did10498VVDdo not10499RBnot include10500VVinclude a10501DTa 2010502CD@card@ to10503TOto 3010504CD@card@ percent10505NNpercent reduction10506NNreduction because10507INbecause the10508DTthe ALJ10509NPALJ did10510VVDdo not10511RBnot find10512VVfind that10513IN/thatthat the10514DTthe ...10515:... the10516DTthe claimant10517NNclaimant could10518MDcould n't10519RBn't lift10520VVlift above10521INabove her10522PPher ...10523:... his10524PP$his head10525NNhead or10526CCor lift10527VVlift more10528JJRmore than10529INthan five10530CDfive pounds10531NNSpound .10532SENT. It10533PPit may10534MDmay be10535VBbe completely10536RBcompletely irrelevant10537JJirrelevant ,10538,, but10539CCbut we10540PPwe do10541VVPdo n't10542RBn't know10543VVknow that10544IN/thatthat because10545INbecause it10546PPit 's10547VBZbe not10548RBnot in10549INin the10550DTthe record10551NNrecord .10552SENT. Although10553INalthough we10554PPwe suspect10555VVPsuspect that10556IN/thatthat it10557PPit is10558VBZbe relevant10559JJrelevant ,10560,, we10561PPwe can10562MDcan 't10563RB't show10564NNshow that10565RBthat .10566SENT. So10567RBso there10568EXthere are10569VBPbe all10570DTall kinds10571NNSkind of10572INof reasons10573NNSreason .10574SENT. Now10575RBnow ,10576,, going10577VVGgo to10578TOto Petitioner10579NNpetitioner 's10580POS's position10581NNposition ,10582,, Petitioner10583NNpetitioner ,10584,, from10585INfrom the10586DTthe cert10587NNcert petition10588NNpetition to10589TOto their10590PP$their opening10591NNopening brief10592NNbrief ...10593:... now10594RBnow it10595PPit shifted10596VVDshift a10597DTa little10598JJlittle bit10599NNbit in10600INin the10601DTthe reply10602NNreply brief10603NNbrief ...10604:... have10605VHPhave asked10606VVNask for10607INfor a10608DTa categorical10609JJcategorical rule10610NNrule .10611SENT. It10612PPit 's10613VBZbe substantial10614JJsubstantial evidence10615NNevidence and10616CCand you10617PPyou can10618MDcan rely10619VVrely upon10620INupon it10621PPit if10622INif there10623EXthere 's10624VBZbe no10625DTno demand10626NNdemand .10627SENT. But10628CCbut ,10629,, if10630INif there10631EXthere is10632VBZbe a10633DTa demand10634NNdemand and10635CCand you10636PPyou fail10637VVPfail to10638TOto respond10639VVrespond to10640TOto it10641PPit ,10642,, for10643INfor instance10644NNinstance ,10645,, because10646INbecause the10647DTthe ALJ10648NPALJ says10649VVZsay I10650PPI 'm10651VBPbe not10652RBnot going10653VVGgo to10654TOto require10655VVrequire it10656PPit and10657CCand it10658PPit 's10659VBZbe in10660INin your10661PP$your office10662NNoffice ,10663,, which10664WDTwhich you10665PPyou 'd10666MDwould have10667VHhave to10668TOto travel10669VVtravel to10670TOto ,10671,, then10672RBthen it10673PPit 's10674VBZbe not10675RBnot substantial10676JJsubstantial evidence10677NNevidence .10678SENT. That10679DTthat ignores10680VVZignore what10681WPwhat 's10682VBZbe in10683INin the10684DTthe evidence10685NNevidence ,10686,, as10687INas several10688JJseveral questions10689NNSquestion pointed10690VVDpoint to10691TOto .10692SENT. It10693PPit 's10694VBZbe not10695RBnot a10696DTa substantial10697JJsubstantial evidence10698NNevidence question10699NNquestion .10700SENT. It10701PPit 's10702VBZbe a10703DTa procedural10704JJprocedural question10705NNquestion .10706SENT. It10707PPit 's10708VBZbe also10709RBalso not10710RBnot coherent10711JJcoherent because10712INbecause ,10713,, if10714INif it10715PPit 's10716VBZbe true10717JJtrue ,10718,, as10719INas Petitioner10720NNpetitioner has10721VHZhave argued10722VVNargue ...10723:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]10724LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Well10725UHWell ,10726,, but10727CCbut if10728INif it10729PPit 's10730VBZbe the10731DTthe key10732JJkey ...10733:... if10734INif it10735PPit 's10736VBZbe the10737DTthe key10738JJkey fact10739NNfact in10740INin dispute10741NNdispute ...10742:... and10743CCand it10744PPit really10745RBreally is10746VBZbe in10747INin all10748PDTall these10749DTthese cases10750NNScase ,10751,, right10752RBright ?10753SENT? I10754PPI mean10755VVPmean ,10756,, that10757WDTthat 's10758VBZbe why10759WRBwhy you10760PPyou have10761VHPhave a10762DTa vocational10763JJvocational expert10764NNexpert ,10765,, is10766VBZbe how10767WRBhow many10768JJmany jobs10769NNSjob are10770VBPbe there10771RBthere going10772VVGgo to10773TOto be10774VBbe that10775IN/thatthat this10776DTthis person10777NNperson could10778MDcould ...10779:... could10780MDcould do10781VVdo .10782SENT. If10783INif it10784PPit 's10785VBZbe the10786DTthe key10787JJkey thing10788NNthing in10789INin dispute10790NNdispute ,10791,, and10792CCand the10793DTthe expert10794NNexpert has10795VHZhave said10796VVNsay I10797PPI ...10798:... I10799PPI want10800VVPwant to10801TOto keep10802VVkeep my10803PP$my evidence10804NNevidence on10805INon which10806WDTwhich I10807PPI 'm10808VBPbe relying10809VVGrely secret10810NNsecret ,10811,, it10812PPit 's10813VBZbe not10814RBnot ,10815,, as10816RBas in10817INin Justice10818NPJustice Breyer10819NPBreyer 's10820POS's example10821NNexample ,10822,, saying10823VVGsay I10824PPI 'm10825VBPbe basing10826VVGbase it10827PPit on10828INon my10829PP$my experience10830NNexperience over10831INover 3010832CD@card@ years10833NNSyear in10834INin the10835DTthe industry10836NNindustry ,10837,, and10838CCand then10839RBthen you10840PPyou could10841MDcould maybe10842RBmaybe ask10843VVask about10844INabout that10845DTthat ,10846,, and10847CCand you10848PPyou could10849MDcould have10850VHhave your10851PP$your own10852JJown expert10853NNexpert with10854INwith years10855NNSyear in10856INin the10857DTthe industry10858NNindustry could10859MDcould opine10860VVopine on10861INon that10862DTthat .10863SENT. And10864CCand ,10865,, in10866INin fact10867NNfact ,10868,, the10869DTthe Federal10870NPFederal Rules10871NPSRules of10872INof Evidence10873NNevidence ,10874,, of10875INof course10876NNcourse ,10877,, treat10878VVtreat that10879DTthat kind10880NNkind of10881INof expert10882NNexpert very10883RBvery differently10884RBdifferently than10885INthan an10886DTan expert10887NNexpert who10888WPwho relies10889VVZrely on10890INon data10891NNSdatum ,10892,, as10893INas this10894DTthis one10895CDone did10896VVDdo .10897SENT. This10898DTthis one10899CDone says10900VVZsay ,10901,, I10902PPI 've10903VHPhave got10904VVNget secret10905JJsecret data10906NNSdatum .10907SENT. All10908DTall right10909NNright ?10910SENT? And10911CCand it10912PPit 's10913VBZbe the10914DTthe key10915JJkey question10916NNquestion in10917INin the10918DTthe case10919NNcase .10920SENT. Well10921UHwell ,10922,, then10923RBthen why10924WRBwhy does10925VVZdo n't10926RBn't that10927WDTthat create10928VVPcreate an10929DTan inference10930NNinference that10931WDTthat ...10932:... that10933IN/thatthat there10934RBthere ...10935:... an10936DTan adverse10937JJadverse inference10938NNinference that10939IN/thatthat that10940DTthat witness10941NNwitness is10942VBZbe hiding10943VVGhide something10944NNsomething ?10945SENT? And10946CCand why10947WRBwhy does10948VVZdo n't10949RBn't that10950WDTthat undermine10951VVPundermine substantial10952JJsubstantial evidence10953NNevidence ?10954SENT? [MR. YANG]10955LOC[MR. YANG] There10956RBthere ...10957:... there10958RBthere ...10959:... there10960EXthere 's10961VBZbe two10962CDtwo questions10963NNSquestion .10964SENT. The10965DTthe adverse10966JJadverse inference10967NNinference line10968NNline of10969INof doctrine10970NNdoctrine concerns10971NNSconcern permissible10972JJpermissible inferences10973NNSinference .10974SENT. Right10975RBright ?10976SENT? Whether10977INwhether you10978PPyou can10979MDcan ...10980:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]10981LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Yeah10982NPYeah .10983SENT. [MR. YANG]10984LOC[MR. YANG] ...10985:... permissibly10986RBpermissibly infer10987VVinfer .10988SENT. There10989EXthere 's10990VBZbe a10991DTa second10992JJsecond ...10993:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]10994LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Why10995WRBwhy would10996MDwould n't10997RBn't that10998RBthat be10999VBbe a11000DTa compelling11001JJcompelling inference11002NNinference ?11003SENT? I11004PPI understand11005VVPunderstand it11006PPit 's11007VBZbe an11008DTan analogy11009NNanalogy ,11010,, but11011CCbut we11012PPwe 're11013VBPbe not11014RBnot ...11015:... we11016PPwe 're11017VBPbe not11018RBnot ...11019:... [MR. YANG]11020LOC[MR. YANG] Well11021UHWell ,11022,, but11023CCbut it11024PPit 's11025VBZbe meaningful11026JJmeaningful when11027WRBwhen you11028PPyou 're11029VBPbe talking11030VVGtalk about11031INabout review11032NNreview of11033INof a11034DTa jury11035NNjury verdict11036NNverdict or11037CCor review11038VVreview here11039RBhere under11040INunder substantial11041JJsubstantial evidence11042NNevidence where11043WRBwhere you11044PPyou have11045VHPhave to11046TOto find11047VVfind no11048DTno reasonable11049JJreasonable adjudicator11050NNadjudicator would11051MDwould have11052VHhave gone11053VVNgo ...11054:... concluded11055VVDconclude that11056RBthat .11057SENT. So11058RBso it11059PPit 's11060VBZbe a11061DTa ...11062:... it11063PPit 's11064VBZbe a11065DTa very11066RBvery different11067JJdifferent inquiry11068NNinquiry .11069SENT. Having11070VHGhave bracketed11071VVNbracket that11072IN/thatthat ,11073,, I11074PPI will11075MDwill admit11076VVadmit there11077EXthere are11078VBPbe some11079DTsome answers11080NNSanswer that11081WDTthat can11082MDcan undermine11083VVundermine a11084DTa bottom11085JJbottom line11086NNline response11087NNresponse .11088SENT. Now11089RBnow we11090PPwe can11091MDcan quibble11092VVquibble about11093RBabout where11094WRBwhere ...11095:... you11096PPyou know11097VVPknow ,11098,, how11099WRBhow far11100RBfar down11101RBdown that11102DTthat road11103NNroad you11104PPyou have11105VHPhave to11106TOto go11107VVgo to11108TOto ...11109:... [JUSTICE GORSUCH]11110LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] But11111CCbut you11112PPyou 'd11113MDwould agree11114VVagree that11115DTthat ...11116:... okay11117JJokay .11118SENT. So11119INso we11120PPwe ...11121:... we11122PPwe have11123VHPhave some11124DTsome common11125JJcommon ground11126NNground ,11127,, that11128WDTthat ...11129:... that11130IN/thatthat an11131DTan expert11132NNexpert could11133MDcould say11134VVsay something11135NNsomething or11136CCor withhold11137VVwithhold something11138NNsomething in11139INin ...11140:... in11141INin a11142DTa way11143NNway that11144WDTthat ...11145:... on11146INon a11147DTa ...11148:... on11149INon a11150DTa key11151JJkey question11152NNquestion that11153WDTthat would11154MDwould be11155VBbe sufficient11156JJsufficient to11157TOto undermine11158VVundermine substantial11159JJsubstantial evidence11160NNevidence ,11161,, would11162MDwould raise11163VVraise enough11164JJenough doubt11165NNdoubt about11166RBabout ...11167:... [MR. YANG]11168LOC[MR. YANG] Certainly11169RBcertainly .11170SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]11171LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] All11172DTall right11173NNright .11174SENT. [MR. YANG]11175LOC[MR. YANG] I11176PPI think11177VVPthink that11178WDTthat 's11179VBZbe right11180JJright .11181SENT. But11182CCbut ,11183,, again11184RBagain ,11185,, look11186VVPlook at11187INat what11188WPwhat we11189PPwe 're11190VBPbe talking11191VVGtalk about11192RBabout here11193RBhere .11194SENT. This11195DTthis is11196VBZbe on11197INon pages11198NNSpage 11811199CD@card@ and11200CCand 11911201CD@card@ .11202SENT. There11203EXthere 's11204VBZbe nothing11205NNnothing like11206INlike that11207DTthat in11208INin this11209DTthis case11210NNcase .11211SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]11212LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Would11213MDwould you11214PPyou object11215VVobject ...11216:... [MR. YANG]11217LOC[MR. YANG] There11218EXthere 's11219VBZbe no11220DTno follow-up11221NNfollow-up .11222SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]11223LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Would11224MDwould you11225PPyou ...11226:... you11227PPyou ...11228:... would11229MDwould you11230PPyou ...11231:... [MR. YANG]11232LOC[MR. YANG] There11233EXthere was11234VBDbe questioning11235JJquestioning but11236CCbut not11237RBnot on11238INon the11239DTthe relevant11240JJrelevant issues11241NNSissue .11242SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]11243LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Would11244MDwould you11245PPyou object11246VVobject ,11247,, because11248RBbecause ,11249,, obviously11250RBobviously ,11251,, there11252EXthere 's11253VBZbe some11254DTsome kind11255NNkind of11256INof a11257DTa problem11258NNproblem .11259SENT. I11260PPI mean11261VVPmean ,11262,, that11263WDTthat ...11264:... that11265WDTthat 's11266VBZbe apparent11267JJapparent from11268INfrom a11269DTa lot11270NNlot of11271INof the11272DTthe briefs11273NNSbrief and11274CCand so11275RBso forth11276RBforth .11277SENT. And11278CCand suppose11279VVPsuppose if11280INif I11281PPI were11282VBDbe writing11283VVGwrite a11284DTa concurrence11285NNconcurrence or11286CCor something11287NNsomething I11288PPI put11289VVDput in11290INin a11291DTa paragraph11292NNparagraph which11293WDTwhich said11294VVDsay ,11295,, if11296INif there11297EXthere really11298RBreally is11299VBZbe a11300DTa problem11301NNproblem here11302RBhere ,11303,, it11304PPit 's11305VBZbe not11306RBnot ...11307:... it11308PPit may11309MDmay or11310CCor may11311MDmay not11312RBnot be11313VBbe dealt11314VVNdeal with11315INwith in11316INin Gross11317NPGross .11318SENT. I11319PPI ...11320:... I11321PPI ...11322:... I11323PPI 'm11324VBPbe not11325RBnot sure11326JJsure .11327SENT. But11328CCbut why11329WRBwhy does11330VVZdo n't11331RBn't they11332PPthey ...11333:... why11334WRBwhy do11335VVPdo n't11336RBn't you11337PPyou find11338VVPfind a11339DTa test11340NNtest case11341NNcase or11342CCor suggest11343VVPsuggest to11344TOto the11345DTthe bar11346NNbar find11347VVfind a11348DTa test11349NNtest case11350NNcase where11351WRBwhere you11352PPyou do11353VVPdo probe11354NNprobe ,11355,, and11356CCand ,11357,, indeed11358RBindeed ,11359,, it11360PPit does11361VVZdo turn11362VVturn out11363RPout to11364TOto be11365VBbe resting11366VVGrest on11367INon nothing11368NNnothing ,11369,, and11370CCand you11371PPyou either11372RBeither win11373VVPwin or11374CCor you11375PPyou would11376MDwould lose11377VVlose .11378SENT. And11379CCand if11380INif you11381PPyou lose11382VVPlose ,11383,, you11384PPyou appeal11385VVPappeal it11386PPit .11387SENT. And11388CCand if11389INif you11390PPyou win11391VVPwin ,11392,, you11393PPyou have11394VHPhave a11395DTa model11396NNmodel of11397INof how11398WRBhow to11399TOto proceed11400VVproceed for11401INfor others11402NNSother in11403INin the11404DTthe future11405NNfuture .11406SENT. [MR. YANG]11407LOC[MR. YANG] I11408PPI ...11409:... I11410PPI ...11411:... [JUSTICE BREYER]11412LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] I11413PPI mean11414VVPmean ,11415,, is11416VBZbe there11417RBthere anything11418NNanything wrong11419JJwrong with11420INwith doing11421VVGdo that11422DTthat ?11423SENT? Could11424MDcould that11425RBthat help11426VVhelp solve11427VVsolve the11428DTthe problem11429NNproblem ?11430SENT? [MR. YANG]11431LOC[MR. YANG] I11432PPI ...11433:... I11434PPI think11435VVPthink it11436PPit would11437MDwould depend11438VVdepend on11439INon how11440WRBhow that11441DTthat 's11442VBZbe written11443VVNwrite ,11444,, but11445CCbut I11446PPI would11447MDwould like11448VVlike to11449TOto just11450RBjust focus11451VVfocus on11452INon ,11453,, if11454INif it11455PPit is11456VBZbe contested11457VVNcontest ,11458,, significantly11459RBsignificantly with11460INwith cross-examination11461NNcross-examination ,11462,, which11463WDTwhich is11464VBZbe not11465RBnot in11466INin this11467DTthis case11468NNcase ...11469:... [JUSTICE BREYER]11470LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Mm-hmm11471NPMm-hmm .11472SENT. [MR. YANG]11473LOC[MR. YANG] ...11474:... then11475RBthen I11476PPI would11477MDwould be11478VBbe very11479RBvery hesitant11480JJhesitant ,11481,, though11482RBthough ,11483,, to11484TOto require11485VVrequire things11486NNSthing like11487INlike personal11488JJpersonal confidential11489JJconfidential files11490NNSfile that11491WDTthat 's11492VBZbe going11493VVGgo to11494TOto require11495VVrequire significant11496JJsignificant delays11497NNSdelay in11498INin the11499DTthe process11500NNprocess .11501SENT. [JUSTICE BREYER]11502LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] No11503NPNo ,11504,, you11505PPyou would11506MDwould n't11507RBn't have11508VHhave to11509TOto do11510VVdo that11511DTthat .11512SENT. I11513PPI mean11514VVPmean ,11515,, the11516DTthe fed11517NNfed ,11518,, you11519PPyou know11520VVPknow ,11521,, gets11522VVZget a11523DTa lot11524NNlot of11525INof information11526NNinformation on11527INon the11528DTthe basis11529NNbasis of11530INof surveys11531NNSsurvey that11532IN/thatthat they11533PPthey certainly11534RBcertainly do11535VVPdo n't11536RBn't want11537VVwant to11538TOto reveal11539VVreveal .11540SENT. And11541CCand that11542DTthat ...11543:... that11544WDTthat can11545MDcan happen11546VVhappen in11547INin various11548JJvarious agencies11549NNSagency ,11550,, though11551RBthough sometimes11552RBsometimes you11553PPyou might11554MDmight have11555VHhave to11556TOto reveal11557VVreveal it11558PPit .11559SENT. Since11560RBsince ...11561:... [MR. YANG]11562LOC[MR. YANG] Well11563UHWell ,11564,, there11565RBthere ...11566:... there11567EXthere are11568VBPbe cases11569NNScase ...11570:... there11571EXthere are11572VBPbe cases11573NNScase ,11574,, I11575PPI think11576VVPthink ,11577,, that11578WDTthat ...11579:... that11580WDTthat highlight11581VVPhighlight exactly11582RBexactly what11583WPwhat you11584PPyou 're11585VBPbe talking11586VVGtalk about11587RBabout ,11588,, where11589WRBwhere there11590EXthere 's11591VBZbe cross-examination11592NNcross-examination ...11593:... and11594CCand we11595PPwe cite11596VVPcite ,11597,, again11598RBagain ,11599,, at11600INat least11601JJSleast one11602CDone or11603CCor two11604CDtwo of11605INof these11606DTthese in11607INin our11608PP$our brief11609NNbrief ...11610:... [JUSTICE BREYER]11611LOC[JUSTICE BREYER] Hmm11612NPHmm .11613SENT. [MR. YANG]11614LOC[MR. YANG] ...11615:... where11616WRBwhere the11617DTthe ...11618:... the11619DTthe ...11620:... the11621DTthe ...11622:... on11623INon review11624NNreview ,11625,, this11626RBthis ...11627:... like11628INlike ,11629,, you11630PPyou know11631VVPknow ,11632,, their11633PP$their ...11634:... this11635DTthis cross-examination11636NNcross-examination so11637RBso undermined11638VVDundermine the11639DTthe basic11640JJbasic predicate11641NNpredicate of11642INof ...11643:... or11644CCor the11645DTthe basic11646JJbasic testimony11647NNtestimony that11648IN/thatthat it11649PPit can11650MDcan no11651RBno longer11652RBRlonger be11653VBbe substantial11654JJsubstantial evidence11655NNevidence .11656SENT. We11657PPwe 're11658VBPbe not11659RBnot quibbling11660JJquibbling with11661INwith that11662DTthat .11663SENT. What11664WPWhat we11665PPwe 're11666VBPbe saying11667VVGsay is11668VBZbe that11669IN/thatthat the11670DTthe categorical11671JJcategorical document-on-demand11672NNdocument-on-demand rule11673NNrule ,11674,, which11675WDTwhich they11676PPthey ...11677:... which11678WDTwhich ,11679,, frankly11680RBfrankly ,11681,, is11682VBZbe not11683RBnot a11684DTa coherent11685JJcoherent view11686NNview of11687INof substantial11688JJsubstantial evidence11689NNevidence ,11690,, would11691MDwould be11692VBbe imposed11693VVNimpose on11694INon the11695DTthe agency11696NNagency .11697SENT. And11698CCand they11699PPthey mentioned11700VVDmention the11701DTthe Seventh11702NPSeventh Circuit11703NPCircuit .11704SENT. The11705DTthe Seventh11706NPSeventh Circuit11707NPCircuit does11708VVZdo not11709RBnot apply11710VVapply this11711DTthis rule11712NNrule .11713SENT. The11714DTthe Seventh11715NPSeventh Circuit11716NPCircuit has11717VHZhave never11718RBnever required11719VVNrequire information11720NNinformation from11721INfrom personal11722JJpersonal files11723NNSfile .11724SENT. There11725EXthere 's11726VBZbe two11727CDtwo Seventh11728JJseventh Circuit11729NPCircuit cases11730NNScase that11731WDTthat are11732VBPbe central11733JJcentral :11734:: Donahue11735NPDonahue ,11736,, it11737PPit 's11738VBZbe dicta11739NNdicta ;11740:; McKinnie11741NPMckinnie ,11742,, there11743EXthere was11744VBDbe cross-examination11745NNcross-examination by11746INby counsel11747NNcounsel ,11748,, and11749CCand the11750DTthe answer11751NNanswer about11752RBabout ...11753:... from11754INfrom the11755DTthe ...11756:... the11757DTthe vocational11758JJvocational expert11759NNexpert about11760INabout how11761WRBhow the11762DTthe vocational11763JJvocational expert11764NNexpert got11765VVDget the11766DTthe numbers11767NNSnumber was11768VBDbe basically11769RBbasically ,11770,, well11771RBwell ,11772,, it11773PPit was11774VBDbe based11775VVNbase on11776INon my11777PP$my knowledge11778NNknowledge as11779INas a11780DTa VE11781NNVE .11782SENT. And11783CCand he11784PPhe followed11785VVDfollow up11786RBup and11787CCand there11788EXthere was11789VBDbe still11790RBstill nothing11791RBnothing substantial11792JJsubstantial after11793INafter that11794DTthat .11795SENT. And11796CCand so11797RBso ,11798,, in11799INin that11800DTthat context11801NNcontext ,11802,, that11803WDTthat 's11804VBZbe not11805RBnot a11806DTa big11807JJbig problem11808NNproblem .11809SENT. The11810DTthe two11811CDtwo district11812NNdistrict court11813NNcourt cases11814NNScase that11815WDTthat Petitioners11816NNSpetitioner cite11817VVPcite at11818INat page11819NNpage 4011820CD@card@ of11821INof their11822PP$their brief11823NNbrief and11824CCand then11825RBthen in11826INin reply11827NNreply on11828INon 2411829CD@card@ ,11830,, both11831CCboth involve11832VVinvolve cross-examination11833NNcross-examination .11834SENT. Powell11835NPPowell reversed11836VVDreverse on11837INon other11838JJother grounds11839NNSground ,11840,, did11841VVDdo n't11842RBn't reverse11843VVreverse on11844INon the11845DTthe question11846NNquestion that11847IN/thatthat we11848PPwe 're11849VBPbe talking11850VVGtalk here11851RBhere ,11852,, and11853CCand simply11854RBsimply encouraged11855VVDencourage revisiting11856VVGrevisit the11857DTthe issue11858NNissue on11859INon remand11860NNremand .11861SENT. And11862CCand in11863INin Reynolds11864NPReynolds ,11865,, there11866EXthere were11867VBDbe multiple11868JJmultiple problems11869NNSproblem with11870INwith the11871DTthe VE11872JJVE testimony11873NNtestimony that11874WDTthat was11875VBDbe revealed11876VVNreveal on11877INon cross-examination11878NNcross-examination .11879SENT. There11880EXthere 's11881VBZbe no11882DTno tradition11883NNtradition in11884INin the11885DTthe Seventh11886NPSeventh Circuit11887NPCircuit or11888CCor anywhere11889RBanywhere requiring11890VVGrequire this11891DTthis categorical11892JJcategorical rule11893NNrule that11894IN/thatthat this11895DTthis Court11896NPCourt granted11897VVDgrant cert11898NNcert on11899RPon .11900SENT. And11901CCand it11902PPit would11903MDwould substantially11904RBsubstantially impair11905VVimpair the11906DTthe operations11907NNSoperation of11908INof the11909DTthe social11910JJsocial administration11911NNadministration ...11912:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11913LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] How11914WRBHow ?11915SENT? How11916WRBHow would11917MDwould it11918PPit substantially11919RBsubstantially impair11920VVimpair ?11921SENT? [MR. YANG]11922LOC[MR. YANG] Remember11923VVremember ,11924,, these11925DTthese cases11926NNScase are11927VBPbe ...11928:... hearings11929NNShearing are11930VBPbe tightly11931RBtightly packed11932VVNpack .11933SENT. The11934DTthe volume11935NNvolume of11936INof the11937DTthe cases11938NNScase is11939VBZbe immense11940JJimmense .11941SENT. People11942NNSpeople wait11943VVPwait all11944DTall ...11945:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11946LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] I11947PPI do11948VVPdo n't11949RBn't understand11950VVunderstand that11951IN/thatthat as11952RBas how11953WRBhow that11954DTthat 's11955VBZbe going11956VVGgo to11957TOto substantially11958RBsubstantially impair11959VVimpair .11960SENT. [MR. YANG]11961LOC[MR. YANG] Oh11962NPOh ,11963,, the11964DTthe ...11965:... the11966DTthe ...11967:... the11968DTthe reason11969NNreason is11970VBZbe because11971INbecause you11972PPyou 're11973VBPbe not11974RBnot going11975VVGgo to11976TOto be11977VBbe able11978JJable to11979TOto predict11980VVpredict in11981INin advance11982NNadvance what11983WPwhat documents11984VVZdocument might11985MDmight be11986VBbe relevant11987JJrelevant beyond11988INbeyond the11989DTthe high-level11990JJhigh-level documents11991NNSdocument that11992IN/thatthat we11993PPwe 're11994VBPbe talking11995VVGtalk about11996RBabout .11997SENT. And11998CCand you11999PPyou would12000MDwould have12001VHhave to12002TOto get12003VVget them12004PPthem from12005INfrom your12006PP$your files12007NNSfile .12008SENT. And12009CCand that12010DTthat 's12011VBZbe going12012VVGgo to12013TOto require12014VVrequire continuances12015NNScontinuance .12016SENT. And12017CCand having12018VHGhave a12019DTa continuance12020NNcontinuance in12021INin the12022DTthe situation12023NNsituation where12024WRBwhere claimants12025NNSclaimant are12026VBPbe already12027RBalready waiting12028VVGwait on12029INon average12030NNaverage ...12031:... a12032DTa million12033CDmillion people12034NNSpeople ,12035,, think12036VVPthink about12037INabout this12038DTthis ,12039,, a12040DTa million12041CDmillion people12042NNSpeople are12043VBPbe waiting12044VVGwait 60512045CD@card@ days12046NNSday on12047INon average12048JJaverage just12049RBjust to12050TOto get12051VVget a12052DTa response12053NNresponse to12054TOto their12055PP$their hearing12056NNhearing request12057NNrequest ...12058:... [JUSTICE GINSBURG]12059LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] What12060WPWhat ...12061:... what12062WPwhat is12063VBZbe ...12064:... what12065WPwhat is12066VBZbe the12067DTthe experience12068NNexperience in12069INin the12070DTthe Seventh12071JJseventh Circuit12072NNcircuit that12073WDTthat ...12074:... that12075WDTthat has12076VHZhave ...12077:... [MR. YANG]12078LOC[MR. YANG] We12079PPwe do12080VVPdo n't12081RBn't have12082VHhave much12083JJmuch meaningful12084JJmeaningful experience12085NNexperience in12086INin the12087DTthe Seventh12088NPSeventh Circuit12089NPCircuit because12090INbecause the12091DTthe Seventh12092NPSeventh Circuit12093NPCircuit has12094VHZhave n't12095RBn't adopted12096VVNadopt the12097DTthe rule12098NNrule that12099IN/thatthat Petitioners12100NNSpetitioner purport12101VVPpurport to12102TOto it12103PPit .12104SENT. Now12105RBnow there12106EXthere 's12107VBZbe some12108DTsome dicta12109NNdicta that12110WDTthat suggests12111VVZsuggest it12112PPit in12113RPin ...12114:... in12115INin the12116DTthe Donahue12117NPDonahue opinion12118NNopinion ,12119,, but12120CCbut the12121DTthe Court12122NPCourt has12123VHZhave since12124RBsince stepped12125VVNstep back12126RBback for12127INfor a12128DTa minute12129NNminute .12130SENT. [JUSTICE ALITO]12131LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] How12132NPHow ...12133:... how12134WRBhow is12135VBZbe the12136DTthe government12137NNgovernment ...12138:... [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12139LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Is12140VBZbe the12141DTthe requirement12142NNrequirement ...12143:... [JUSTICE ALITO]12144LOC[JUSTICE ALITO] Oh12145NPOh ,12146,, sorry12147RBsorry .12148SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12149LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Is12150VBZbe the12151DTthe new12152JJnew ...12153:... are12154VBPbe the12155DTthe new12156JJnew requirements12157NNSrequirement in12158INin the12159DTthe handbook12160NNhandbook going12161VVGgo to12162TOto slow12163VVslow things12164NNSthing up12165RPup ?12166SENT? [MR. YANG]12167LOC[MR. YANG] No12168NPNo ,12169,, because12170INbecause we12171PPwe do12172VVPdo n't12173RBn't understand12174VVunderstand that12175IN/thatthat to12176TOto mean12177VVmean bring12178VVbring all12179PDTall your12180PP$your personal12181JJpersonal files12182NNSfile .12183SENT. We12184PPwe understand12185VVPunderstand that12186IN/thatthat to12187TOto mean12188VVmean bring12189VVbring things12190NNSthing that12191IN/thatthat you12192PPyou 're12193VBPbe likely12194JJlikely to12195TOto be12196VBbe relying12197VVGrely ...12198:... citing12199VVGcite from12200INfrom the12201DTthe BLS12202NPBLS or12203CCor other12204JJother ...12205:... DOT12206NPDOT ,12207,, these12208DTthese publicly12209RBpublicly available12210JJavailable sources12211NNSsource that12212IN/thatthat you12213PPyou can12214MDcan provide12215VVprovide those12216DTthose upon12217INupon request12218NNrequest .12219SENT. [JUSTICE GORSUCH]12220LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH] Is12221VBZbe the12222DTthe government12223NNgovernment 's12224POS's argument12225NNargument that12226IN/thatthat its12227PP$its failure12228NNfailure to12229TOto provide12230VVprovide timely12231JJtimely hearings12232NNShearing should12233MDshould be12234VBbe an12235DTan excuse12236NNexcuse not12237RBnot to12238TOto comply12239VVcomply with12240INwith other12241JJother requirements12242NNSrequirement ?12243SENT? [MR. YANG]12244LOC[MR. YANG] Not12245RBnot ...12246:... not12247RBnot at12248INat all12249DTall .12250SENT. But12251CCbut I12252PPI will12253MDwill say12254VVsay that12255IN/thatthat there12256EXthere is12257VBZbe a12258DTa ...12259:... a12260DTa significant12261JJsignificant undertone12262NNundertone of12263INof fairness12264NNfairness and12265CCand due12266JJdue process12267NNprocess here12268RBhere .12269SENT. And12270CCand what12271WPwhat the12272DTthe Court12273NPCourt did12274VVDdo in12275INin Perales12276NPPerales ,12277,, which12278WDTwhich I12279PPI think12280VVPthink is12281VBZbe undisputably12282RBundisputably a12283DTa due12284JJdue process12285NNprocess case12286NNcase ,12287,, is12288VBZbe it12289PPit applied12290VVDapply ,12291,, before12292INbefore Mathews12293NPMathews versus12294CCversus Eldridge12295NPEldridge ,12296,, but12297CCbut it12298PPit applied12299VVDapply the12300DTthe same12301JJsame basic12302JJbasic framework12303NNframework as12304INas what12305WPwhat the12306DTthe Court12307NPCourt solidified12308VVDsolidify in12309INin Mathews12310NPMathews versus12311CCversus Eldridge12312NPEldridge .12313SENT. And12314CCand one12315CDone of12316INof the12317DTthe things12318NNSthing to12319TOto consider12320VVconsider is12321VBZbe the12322DTthe cost12323NNcost of12324INof the12325DTthe additional12326JJadditional process12327NNprocess .12328SENT. The12329DTthe cost12330NNcost of12331INof the12332DTthe additional12333JJadditional process12334NNprocess here12335RBhere would12336MDwould be12337VBbe significant12338JJsignificant .12339SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12340LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank12341VVthank you12342PPyou ,12343,, counsel12344NNcounsel .12345SENT. [MR. YANG]12346LOC[MR. YANG] Thank12347VVthank you12348PPyou .12349SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12350LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Five12351CDFive minutes12352NNSminute ,12353,, Mr12354NPMr .12355SENT. Bhabha12356NPBhabha .12357SENT.

[MR. BHABHA]12358LOC[MR. BHABHA] Thank12359VVthank you12360PPyou ,12361,, Mr12362NPMr .12363SENT. Chief12364NPChief Justice12365NPJustice ,12366,, and12367CCand may12368MDmay it12369PPit please12370VVplease the12371DTthe Court12372NPCourt :12373:: I12374PPI 'd12375MDwould just12376RBjust like12377VVlike to12378TOto respond12379VVrespond to12380TOto three12381CDthree things12382NNSthing the12383DTthe government12384NNgovernment said12385VVDsay .12386SENT. First12387JJfirst and12388CCand foremost12389RBforemost ,12390,, the12391DTthe government12392NNgovernment 's12393POS's lawyer12394NNlawyer represented12395VVDrepresent that12396IN/thatthat the12397DTthe Vocational12398JJvocational Expert12399NNexpert 's12400POS's Handbook12401NNhandbook simply12402RBsimply requires12403VVZrequire them12404PPthem to12405TOto bring12406VVbring public12407JJpublic information12408NNinformation they12409PPthey might12410MDmight perhaps12411RBperhaps rely12412VVrely on12413RPon .12414SENT. I12415PPI 'm12416VBPbe sorry12417JJsorry ,12418,, but12419CCbut if12420INif you12421PPyou look12422VVPlook at12423INat page12424NNpage 312425CD3 of12426INof the12427DTthe handbook12428NNhandbook ,12429,, it12430PPit explicitly12431RBexplicitly says12432VVZsay at12433INat all12434DTall hearings12435NNShearing ,12436,, you12437PPyou should12438MDshould be12439VBbe prepared12440VVNprepare to12441TOto cite12442VVcite ,12443,, explain12444VVexplain ,12445,, and12446CCand furnish12447VVfurnish any12448DTany sources12449NNSsource that12450WDTthat you12451PPyou rely12452VVPrely on12453INon to12454TOto support12455VVsupport your12456PP$your testimony12457NNtestimony .12458SENT. And12459CCand what12460WPwhat I12461PPI take12462VVPtake ...12463:... [JUSTICE KAGAN]12464LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN] Well12465UHWell ,12466,, what12467WPwhat if12468INif ,12469,, Mr12470NPMr .12471SENT. Bhabha12472NPBhabha ,12473,, you12474PPyou 're12475VBPbe right12476RBright about12477RBabout that12478IN/thatthat ,12479,, but12480CCbut ,12481,, instead12482RBinstead ,12483,, it12484PPit 's12485VBZbe just12486RBjust ,12487,, well12488RBwell ,12489,, that12490WDTthat 's12491VBZbe the12492DTthe best12493JJSgood practices12494NNSpractice rule12495NNrule .12496SENT. But12497CCbut the12498DTthe best12499JJSgood practices12500NNSpractice rule12501NNrule is12502VBZbe not12503RBnot necessarily12504RBnecessarily a12505DTa legal12506JJlegal requirement12507NNrequirement .12508SENT. [MR. BHABHA]12509LOC[MR. BHABHA] I12510PPI agree12511VVPagree with12512INwith you12513PPyou ,12514,, Justice12515NPJustice Kagan12516NPKagan ,12517,, but12518CCbut what12519WPwhat I12520PPI take12521VVPtake from12522INfrom the12523DTthe government12524NNgovernment 's12525POS's own12526JJown handbook12527NNhandbook is12528VBZbe two12529CDtwo things12530NNSthing .12531SENT. Firstly12532RBfirstly ,12533,, their12534PP$their administrability12535NNadministrability arguments12536NNSargument are12537VBPbe inconsistent12538JJinconsistent with12539INwith the12540DTthe policy12541NNpolicy the12542DTthe Social12543NPSocial Security12544NPSecurity Administration12545NPAdministration itself12546PPitself is12547VBZbe telling12548VVGtell vocational12549JJvocational experts12550NNSexpert .12551SENT. And12552CCand on12553INon the12554DTthe specific12555JJspecific question12556NNquestion of12557INof workability12558NNworkability in12559INin the12560DTthe Seventh12561NPSeventh Circuit12562NPCircuit ,12563,, I12564PPI disagree12565VVPdisagree with12566INwith my12567PP$my friend12568NNfriend from12569INfrom the12570DTthe SG12571NPSG 's12572POS's office12573NNoffice that12574IN/thatthat this12575DTthis is12576VBZbe n't12577RBn't the12578DTthe rule12579NNrule that12580WDTthat 's12581VBZbe being12582VBGbe applied12583VVNapply .12584SENT. There12585EXthere is12586VBZbe binding12587VVGbind Seventh12588NPSeventh Circuit12589NPCircuit case12590NNcase law12591NNlaw .12592SENT. We12593PPwe cite12594VVPcite cases12595NNScase where12596WRBwhere this12597DTthis has12598VHZhave been12599VBNbe the12600DTthe basis12601NNbasis for12602INfor reversal12603NNreversal .12604SENT. And12605CCand my12606PP$my understanding12607NNunderstanding from12608INfrom practitioners12609NNSpractitioner in12610INin the12611DTthe Seventh12612NPSeventh Circuit12613NPCircuit is12614VBZbe that12615IN/thatthat this12616DTthis is12617VBZbe applied12618VVNapply and12619CCand that12620IN/thatthat when12621WRBwhen data12622NNdata is12623VBZbe not12624RBnot handed12625VVNhand over12626INover and12627CCand the12628DTthe case12629NNcase gets12630VVZget appealed12631VVNappeal to12632TOto the12633DTthe Appeals12634NPAppeals Council12635NPCouncil ,12636,, in12637INin some12638DTsome situations12639NNSsituation ,12640,, the12641DTthe Social12642NPSocial Security12643NPSecurity Administration12644NPAdministration lawyers12645NNSlawyer agree12646VVPagree to12647TOto a12648DTa remand12649NNremand so12650INso the12651DTthe data12652NNSdatum can12653MDcan then12654RBthen be12655VBbe provided12656VVNprovide .12657SENT. And12658CCand it12659PPit 's12660VBZbe not12661RBnot always12662RBalways provided12663VVNprovide ...12664:... [JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]12665LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH] The12666DTthe agency12667NNagency has12668VHZhave n't12669RBn't been12670VBNbe applying12671VVGapply it12672PPit in12673INin the12674DTthe Seventh12675NPSeventh Circuit12676NPCircuit ,12677,, right12678RBright ?12679SENT? [MR. BHABHA]12680LOC[MR. BHABHA] Not12681RBnot voluntarily12682RBvoluntarily ,12683,, Justice12684NPJustice Kavanaugh12685NPKavanaugh .12686SENT. That12687DTthat 's12688VBZbe totally12689RBtotally right12690JJright .12691SENT. They12692PPthey have12693VHPhave n't12694RBn't issued12695VVNissue an12696DTan acquiescence12697NNacquiescence ruling12698NNruling .12699SENT. But12700CCbut the12701DTthe way12702NNway it12703PPit works12704VVZwork in12705INin practice12706NNpractice is12707VBZbe that12708IN/thatthat ,12709,, if12710INif this12711DTthis sort12712NNsort of12713INof a12714DTa request12715NNrequest is12716VBZbe made12717VVNmake and12718CCand the12719DTthe specific12720JJspecific data12721NNdata is12722VBZbe not12723RBnot there12724RBthere ,12725,, it12726PPit is12727VBZbe not12728RBnot uncommon12729JJuncommon for12730INfor the12731DTthe record12732NNrecord to12733TOto be12734VBbe held12735VVNhold open12736RPopen for12737INfor 1412738CD@card@ days12739NNSday and12740CCand the12741DTthe data12742NNdata is12743VBZbe then12744RBthen sent12745VVNsend to12746TOto the12747DTthe ALJ12748NPALJ and12749CCand to12750TOto the12751DTthe claimant12752NNclaimant 's12753POS's representative12754NNrepresentative .12755SENT. Hopefully12756RBhopefully ,12757,, they12758PPthey look12759VVPlook at12760INat the12761DTthe data12762NNSdatum and12763CCand it12764PPit substantiates12765VVZsubstantiate the12766DTthe testimony12767NNtestimony and12768CCand that12769WDTthat ends12770VVZend the12771DTthe matter12772NNmatter .12773SENT. But12774CCbut if12775INif it12776PPit does12777VVZdo n't12778RBn't ,12779,, then12780RBthen there12781EXthere is12782VBZbe the12783DTthe opportunity12784NNopportunity to12785TOto submit12786VVsubmit a12787DTa memorandum12788NNmemorandum to12789TOto the12790DTthe ALJ12791NPALJ .12792SENT. And12793CCand I12794PPI will12795MDwill also12796RBalso say12797VVsay specifically12798RBspecifically on12799INon the12800DTthe timing12801NNtiming issue12802NNissue ,12803,, nationally12804RBnationally ,12805,, there12806EXthere are12807VBPbe 16412808CD@card@ hearing12809NNhearing officers12810NNSofficer .12811SENT. The12812DTthe average12813JJaverage amount12814NNamount of12815INof time12816NNtime to12817TOto process12818VVprocess a12819DTa claim12820NNclaim is12821VBZbe 53612822CD@card@ days12823NNSday .12824SENT. For12825INfor the12826DTthe hearing12827NNhearing officers12828NNSofficer within12829INwithin the12830DTthe Seventh12831NPSeventh Circuit12832NPCircuit ,12833,, based12834VVNbase on12835INon my12836PP$my calculation12837NNcalculation which12838WDTwhich I12839PPI did12840VVDdo last12841JJlast week12842NNweek ,12843,, and12844CCand I12845PPI do12846VVPdo n't12847RBn't imagine12848VVimagine the12849DTthe number12850NNnumber has12851VHZhave changed12852VVNchange significantly12853RBsignificantly ,12854,, it12855PPit 's12856VBZbe 52912857CD@card@ days12858NNSday .12859SENT. So12860RBso it12861PPit 's12862VBZbe actually12863RBactually quicker12864JJRquick in12865INin the12866DTthe Seventh12867NPSeventh Circuit12868NPCircuit .12869SENT. Now12870RBnow these12871DTthese are12872VBPbe obviously12873RBobviously large12874JJlarge numbers12875NNSnumber ,12876,, but12877CCbut the12878DTthe basic12879JJbasic point12880NNpoint is12881VBZbe this12882DTthis procedure12883NNprocedure ,12884,, which12885WDTwhich has12886VHZhave existed12887VVNexist since12888INsince 200212889CD@card@ ,12890,, has12891VHZhave not12892RBnot been12893VBNbe shown12894VVNshow to12895TOto slow12896VVslow down12897RPdown the12898DTthe process12899NNprocess .12900SENT. The12901DTthe other12902JJother thing12903NNthing I12904PPI 'll12905MDwill say12906VVsay is12907VBZbe that12908IN/thatthat the12909DTthe government12910NNgovernment lawyer12911NNlawyer says12912VVZsay ,12913,, well12914RBwell ,12915,, you12916PPyou do12917VVPdo n't12918RBn't know12919VVknow what12920WPwhat particular12921JJparticular questions12922NNSquestion are12923VBPbe going12924VVGgo to12925TOto be12926VBbe asked12927VVNask at12928INat a12929DTa hearing12930NNhearing ,12931,, so12932RBso how12933WRBhow do12934VVPdo you12935PPyou know12936VVPknow what12937WPwhat sources12938NNSsource to12939TOto have12940VHhave ?12941SENT? But12942CCbut ,12943,, if12944INif you12945PPyou do12946VVPdo n't12947RBn't know12948VVknow particular12949JJparticular questions12950NNSquestion and12951CCand you12952PPyou do12953VVPdo n't12954RBn't have12955VHhave the12956DTthe specific12957JJspecific data-driven12958JJdata-driven answers12959NNSanswer ,12960,, you12961PPyou can12962MDcan 't12963RB't be12964VBbe answering12965VVGanswer the12966DTthe question12967NNquestion in12968INin the12969DTthe first12970JJfirst place12971NNplace .12972SENT. So12973RBso ,12974,, by12975INby definition12976NNdefinition ,12977,, if12978INif they12979PPthey give12980VVPgive an12981DTan answer12982NNanswer that12983IN/thatthat there12984EXthere are12985VBPbe 3,00012986CD@card@ nut12987NNnut sorter12988NNsorter jobs12989NNSjob or12990CCor 6,00012991CD@card@ bench12992NNbench assembler12993NNassembler jobs12994NNSjob ,12995,, there12996EXthere must12997MDmust be12998VBbe a12999DTa data-driven13000JJdata-driven basis13001NNbasis for13002INfor that13003DTthat ,13004,, which13005WDTwhich is13006VBZbe exactly13007RBexactly what13008WPwhat the13009DTthe expert13010NNexpert again13011RBagain here13012RBhere identified13013VVNidentify as13014INas her13015PP$her source13016NNsource ,13017,, not13018RBnot her13019PP$her experience13020NNexperience ,13021,, but13022CCbut a13023DTa labor13024NNlabor market13025NNmarket survey13026NNsurvey that13027IN/thatthat she13028PPshe then13029RBthen refused13030VVDrefuse to13031TOto ...13032:... to13033TOto permit13034VVpermit .13035SENT. In13036INin sum13037NNsum ,13038,, Your13039PP$your Honors13040NNShonors ,13041,, what13042WPwhat Petitioner13043NNpetitioner is13044VBZbe asking13045VVGask for13046INfor here13047RBhere is13048VBZbe a13049DTa reaffirmation13050NNreaffirmation of13051INof a13052DTa basic13053JJbasic rule13054NNrule of13055INof administrative13056JJadministrative procedure13057NNprocedure ,13058,, which13059WDTwhich is13060VBZbe that13061IN/thatthat an13062DTan agency13063NNagency cannot13064MDcan make13065VVmake a13066DTa determination13067NNdetermination based13068VVNbase upon13069INupon testimony13070NNtestimony that13071WDTthat is13072VBZbe premised13073VVNpremise on13074INon secret13075JJsecret data13076NNSdatum without13077INwithout ever13078RBever giving13079VVGgive that13080IN/thatthat data13081NNSdatum to13082TOto a13083DTa requesting13084VVGrequest claimant13085NNclaimant .13086SENT. That13087DTthat 's13088VBZbe all13089PDTall the13090DTthe more13091RBRmore so13092RBso in13093INin a13094DTa case13095NNcase like13096INlike this13097DTthis ,13098,, where13099WRBwhere this13100DTthis was13101VBDbe the13102DTthe sole13103JJsole basis13104NNbasis upon13105INupon which13106WDTwhich my13107PP$my client13108NNclient was13109VBDbe denied13110VVNdeny benefits13111NNSbenefit for13112INfor the13113DTthe relevant13114JJrelevant time13115NNtime period13116NNperiod .13117SENT. This13118DTthis rule13119NNrule has13120VHZhave worked13121VVNwork without13122INwithout disruption13123NNdisruption in13124INin the13125DTthe Seventh13126NPSeventh Circuit13127NPCircuit since13128INsince 200213129CD@card@ ,13130,, and13131CCand it13132PPit is13133VBZbe entirely13134RBentirely consistent13135JJconsistent with13136INwith the13137DTthe very13138JJvery policy13139NNpolicy the13140DTthe Social13141NPSocial Security13142NPSecurity Administration13143NPAdministration recognizes13144VVZrecognize as13145INas good13146JJgood practice13147NNpractice for13148INfor vocational13149JJvocational experts13150NNSexpert .13151SENT. [JUSTICE GINSBURG]13152LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG] The13153DTthe government13154NNgovernment says13155VVZsay you13156PPyou 're13157VBPbe asking13158VVGask for13159INfor more13160JJRmore than13161INthan the13162DTthe seven13163CDseven ...13164:... Seventh13165NPSeventh Circuit13166NPCircuit position13167NNposition .13168SENT. Is13169VBZbe that13170IN/thatthat so13171RBso ?13172SENT? [MR. BHABHA]13173LOC[MR. BHABHA] That13174DTthat is13175VBZbe not13176RBnot ...13177:... Justice13178NPJustice Ginsburg13179NPGinsburg ,13180,, we13181PPwe are13182VBPbe asking13183VVGask for13184INfor exactly13185RBexactly the13186DTthe same13187JJsame rule13188NNrule ,13189,, which13190WDTwhich is13191VBZbe ,13192,, succinctly13193RBsuccinctly put13194VVNput ,13195,, that13196IN/thatthat when13197WRBwhen a13198DTa vocational13199JJvocational expert13200NNexpert testifies13201VVZtestify and13202CCand the13203DTthe expert13204NNexpert identifies13205VVZidentify data13206NNdata sources13207NNSsource that13208IN/thatthat she13209PPshe has13210VHZhave relied13211VVNrely upon13212RPupon ,13213,, if13214INif you13215PPyou request13216VVPrequest those13217DTthose data13218NNdata sources13219NNSsource and13220CCand they13221PPthey are13222VBPbe not13223RBnot provided13224VVNprovide ,13225,, the13226DTthe say-so13227NNsay-so of13228INof the13229DTthe vocational13230JJvocational expert13231NNexpert alone13232RBalone cannot13233MDcan constitute13234VVconstitute substantial13235JJsubstantial evidence13236NNevidence of13237INof the13238DTthe other13239JJother work13240NNwork available13241JJavailable to13242TOto an13243DTan applicant13244NNapplicant .13245SENT. For13246INfor these13247DTthese reasons13248NNSreason ,13249,, Your13250PP$your Honors13251NNShonors ,13252,, we13253PPwe ask13254VVPask that13255IN/thatthat the13256DTthe decision13257NNdecision of13258INof the13259DTthe Sixth13260NPSixth Circuit13261NPCircuit be13262VBbe reversed13263VVNreverse .13264SENT. Thank13265VVthank you13266PPyou .13267SENT. [CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]13268LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS] Thank13269VVthank you13270PPyou ,13271,, counsel13272NNcounsel .13273SENT. The13274DTthe case13275NNcase is13276VBZbe submitted13277VVNsubmit .13278SENT.