and this law was sustained by the supreme court in a case called katzenbach south carolina versus katzenbach in that in the late sixties as a as what as quote, appropriate legislation. that's the language of section two of the 15th amendment section. the 15th amendment, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of voting, gives in section two congress the power to enforce it through appropriate legislation. supreme court ruled in katzenbach that this was appropriate legislation and four or five times since then, the voting rights act has been reenacted by congress. four or five times each time. the supreme court sustained its constitutionality. that is, until shelby county in shelby county. the case came to my court. you know, this this this this section is about interpreting the constitution where i sit on an inferior court. i have a copy of the constitution on my desk, and i use it all the time, but mostly in states with my law clerks and my grandchild. and when i when i have a constitutional case, i'm interpreting supreme court decisions that interpret the constitution. that's that's wh