limited in its ability to bring cases and it must find discriminatory intent or effect. >> fact check, true, those are the requirements on what the doj could do in bringing the cases but do you think this attorney general based on what you heard today is being assertive enough or not? >> well, i think that he's a by the book attorney general and i do believe that he's committed to making sure that we protect the right to vote. he understands and he said that at the hearing today that it is essential ral to the integrity of our democracy. we have to give him additional tools. one of the things that is part of the john robert lewis voting act is to make it clear that the department of justice should be able to use section 2 of the voting rights act to undermine or invalidate voting rights suppression laups that have a impact on certain groups such as