Well, not exactly.  But she captures the some of the reasons states have decided to bypass the DOJ and go straight to United States District Court for election law changes in covered jurisdictions.  North Carolina is ready to bypass DOJ’s Section 5 monopoly also.  Earls:

“From a public point of view, if you go to the D.C. District Court, it makes it harder for individual people who want to comment on the plan to have a role. Because the Justice Department process at least allows for pretty easy public comment, whereas if it goes to court you would have to intervene, you know, have legal representation. It becomes a very different process. “