groups and democrats, and they said that in two districts, north carolina had tried to pack african-americans into certain districts and then dilute their presence in surrounding districts. the state said, look, we were just trying to comply with the voting rights act. but justice elena kagan, she wrote this opinion. because there were two districts, the vote lineup is different, but here's what she said. the constitution entrusts states with the job of designing congressional districts, but it also imposes an important constraint -- a state may not use race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines, unless it has a compelling reason. and one more thing, poppy, this comes at a time when democrats after the last election led by former attorney general eric holder have said that they are going to really focus on the issue of redistricting for the next election. and eric holder said he had the support of president obama. so, that's what came out of the supreme court today, poppy. >> ariane de vogue, thank you for the reporting. we appreciate it. outside of the high court.