joining us now, cecilia wong at the aclu. they filed a brief with the supreme court arguing the arizona laws violated section 2 of the voting rights act. thank you for being with us this evening. i think that's not common language for many people who are relatively well read on the topic. what does that mean? the voting rights act says you candidate make laws that make it harder for an identifiable group to vote. >> what congress meant when it enacted the latest version of section 2 of the voting rights act is that it wanted to expand the franchise and make sure that voters -- all voters, but particularly minority voters would not be blocked from their polling places through state or local officials. what we saw yesterday was in the last day of the term the supreme court, by a 6-3 vote along strict partisan lines, upheld those two arizona voting restrictions that disproportionally affects native american, latino and black voters. those two provisions, as the navajo nation in its brief and many others explained at the supreme