also in montgomery is tish gotell faulks, legal director at the aclu of alabama.ith us, davin rosborough is senior staff attorney with the aclu voting rights project and one of several attorneys who represented the plaintiffs. part of that team before the supreme court. we welcome you all to democracy now! davin, the significance of this decision and why so many experts were shocked that roberts and kavanaugh joined with the liberal justices in demanding that the gerrymandered districts in alabama be redrawn? >> thank you so much for having me. this is a really significant decision. i think there is some surprise in the media and general public because of the direction the court had been going, particularly regarding race and voting rights act and voting. but i think what happened here was a majority of the court was compelled by some really clear text and purpose of what congress did when it amended the voting rights act in 1982 in the compelling facts of this case, that this was an incredibly clear violation -- this was not a violation of the voting rights act,