supreme court struck down the coverage formula which they said was based on the past practices and not what was happening now and was unconstitutional. so texas no longer were under clearance regime, had to have voting changes cleared by department of justice. hr-4 would re-establish that coverage formula but have it national to apply to any states with voting rights violations in last 25 years, met a certain threshold, would be in preclearance, and other great things too, certain changes would have to be precluded no matter where they occurred and provide reasonable notice to voters ahead of time. what it wouldn't do is deal with laws already passed. in georgia, and if texas passes before that. laws made and passed in real