G. K. Butterfield: “Section 5, as I recall, in the Court's decision was found to be constitutional. That is what America needs to know.”

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.

The State supreme court ruled that the congressional map was an extreme, intentional partisan gerrymander and directed legislature to fix it.

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.

Now, where we diverge is the reality that this one title will cost taxpayers nearly $1 trillion over the next 10 years.