alabama will have to -- this legislation will get its first chance for a legislative fix and section 5 worvelt be a basis for them to take any action. >> thank you counsel. >> mr. brasher? >> thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. i think i should given with the district court's fact finding. because the district court found that race did not dominate. and we can avoid addressing questions about sec shichb 5 about redistricting. on page 144 of the jurisdictional statement appendix, the district court expressly found that we did not impose a quota. the court says that we imposed no -- we followed preexisting district lines, we followed roads, we followed county lines, municipal lines, we met the needs of incumbents and we preserved communities of interest. the plan that we passed is a status quo plan. the whole point of the plan was to preserve the status quo, because the majority had won the legislature for the first time in 1 30 years. >> but the other side says it was impermissible for you to preserve the status quo because the majority in the minority districts to partic