think of the case of traffic lights. we decided some places need traffic lights. other places are fine with stoplights. if we take away the traffic lights where they re needed, people are going to be hurt. section five is that type of law. it s a place that handles the dangers that exist in certain places. and i fear, and many people that pay attention, including 98 senators that voted in support of the law, worry that we will be less as a people and as a country if we don t make the pathway to the ballot box free and clear. and so, following up on that, when justice roberts looks at it this way, he s saying congress can fix this. my concern is these laws are no longer justifiable when they re based on at least some old data. da talk to us about justice thomas concurrence, which seems to let the cat out of the bag and says, no, our goal is to get rid of all of section five. we don t like civil rights laws. that s what we want to do, and the majority is slowing us down. did justice t