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delegation that they have that goes to the united states house of representatives and applying the applicable law, you would expect there would be at least two opportunity districts, that is two districts in which african americans would have the opportunity to pick a representative of their choice. the alabama republican legislature drew the lines in such a way that they cracked the african american population and essentially put them in only one district and, therefore, they only have about 14% of the representation that they are entitled to in alabama. so the supreme court has to decide whether or not the lower court, which said that what the alabama legislature did was in violation of the voting rights act, the supreme court has to decide whether or not that lower court was, in fact, correct. >> the case was argued by alabama solicitor general. what is alabama asking the high court for? do you think they're going to get what they want? >> it's not totally clear to me what they're asking for. i suppose what they're trying to do is get the voting rights act