G. K. Butterfield: “Thank you for the incredible work that each of you does on the Commission.”

Unfortunately, the High Court decided that political gerrymandering is not protected by the Federal Constitution.

I represent one of thirteen districts in North Carolina. And, as all of you certainly know, the Rucho case originated in my State, as well as the Moore v. Harper case.

The Voting Rights Act has transformed American politics and we are on a good trajectory.

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.