We took the case into Federal court, and the lower Federal courts ruled in our favor and ruled that the State legislature engaged in partisan gerrymandering and that it was a violation of the Federal Constitution.
Butterfield explains the legal challenges against partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina.
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