congress has to specifically grant it. the justice department says, no, that s not right. we have the authority, supreme law of the land when a constitutional right is challenged a state wants to take it away. we can step in and challenge. and so those are the two cases the court will hear on november 1st and then of course there s the big abortion case from december in mississippi that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. in the meantime the court has declined to put a hold on the texas law. and pete, you know, we talk about hearing this case quickly in supreme court terms this is very quick to hear it. but when might we see a decision? absolutely right. the court totally put the pedal to the metal on agreeing to take this case so quickly. rapid fire briefs that will have to be filed in the coming days. but after it s heard there s no expedited review of the case beyond that. so it could be months, and i just don t know whether the court is going to try to decide