that it was okay. that is what happened at the shelby county case. so that gutted section five of that. preclearance. and then more recently, the supreme court looked at what was remaining for doj section two. and you know, doj can still sue over this law. but you can only win if you prove a state legislature in acted one of these laws with an intent to discriminate. and absent prove that intent was the reason for this new restriction or this new role of that vote to go into place. you are not entitled to keep it from going into effect. so very slim pickings for doj. that is why it s so important that these two pending measures clear the senate to restore protections on voting. joyce, as a prosecutor, proving intent s import of all prosecutions. but how do you do that with the legislature? if it s not written into the law or in the debates that we intend to keep certain elements or parts of the population from