G. K. Butterfield: “I had spent thirty years in a courtroom before coming to Congress, and, you know, in a courtroom, the rules are so much…”

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

In conclusion, our democracy works best when every voter can make their voice heard.

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.

Just because you have high turnout doesn't mean that bad laws aren't barriers to voting.