significant, jesse jackson and thomas saenz. maldef, what of does this mean for the latino community? talk about the stage we are referring to here. >> for the latino community the two critical states are texas and arizona, which are covered by section 5. in this last round of redistricting, as you have heard, the texas legislature adopted maps for its congress and state house that basically prevented the team us from electing candidates of their choice. it was through the intervention of section 5 that that map was prevented from taking effect. similarly, a voter id that texas sought to implement would have made it even more difficult for those in the state to vote without the limited documents required under the law, was barred from taking affect because of the lack of clearance under the provision that it was essentially disabled by the supreme court. in arizona 10 years ago in its redistricting process, section 5 certification to prevent the implementation of maps that would have prevented the latino community of of electing