for the next census. chief justice john roberts, he really focused on the reasons put forward for agd the question. and this is what he said. "we cannot ignore the disconnect between the decision made and the explanation given. keep in mind the government said all along that the question was necessary to comply with the voting rights act. challengers said that it was a veiled attempt to intimidate minority voters. but in the second case, john, that was a totally different circumstance. this case had to do with the census question. and here the chief -- was partisan gerrymandering and here chief justice john roberts, he sided with the conservatives here and he slammed the courthouse doors shut on these kind of challenges that go to when politicians go too far in drawing district lines for partisan gains. critics said that the court needed to step in here because the system had run amok.