Professor Freedman was critical of the judges in the majority.

"No one is ever going to be able to police that," Professor Freedman said.

"A lawyer is required to put a client's interest above his or her own, indeed above anyone else's," Professor Freedman said.

Professor Freedman said the President's lawyers were encouraging the senators to ask the same question.

Professor Freedman said that made practical sense.

And showing that she really has a sense of humor, Professor Freedman gives students a chance to take out their anxieties on her.

"It seemed so last century," Professor Freedman said.

Professor Freedman said this signal from the Supreme Court might have helped determine the case.

"If you look at the rudiments of due process," Professor Freedman said, "these panels don't start to begin to meet it."

The decision was a recognition by the justices "of how bad the Texas system has been," Professor Freedman said.