department it means this case could move relatively quickly. that said, thanks to the supreme court's decision to gut the voting rights act back in 2013 doj is going to be waging an uphill battle here. by now you probably know attorney general merrick garland is very hands off when it comes to matters of congress. he doesn't tell congress what to do. he doesn't like congress telling him what to do. but on this topic a.g. garland has been quite out spoken about what he wants congress to do. today he concluded this press conference about suing texas with a plea to congress to please pass new federal voting rights legislation in order to stop this kind of gerrymandering, this kind of election tilting of the playing field to stop it from happening in the future. the justice department in other words is making clear it will do whatever it can but it wants members of congress to do the same.