Colorado GOP Loses Redistricting Case

[AmyStrange]

Colorado GOP Loses Redistricting Case
Mon Jun 7,11:11 AM ET
By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=548&e=6&u=/ap/20040607/ap_on_el_ge/scotus_redistricting
WASHINGTON - Colorado Republicans lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday over whether a congressional map favorable to Democrats is permanent until after the next census in 2010.

A fractured court refused to consider replacing that map with a GOP-drafted redistricting plan, a defeat for Republicans who have sought to reopen the boundary-drawing process in several states to protect their control of the House.

The Colorado Supreme Court had ruled last December that Republicans violated the state Constitution by pushing a new map through the Legislature just a year after a judge had redrawn the boundaries. District drawing may be done only once a decade, the court decided.

Justices refused Monday to consider an appeal of that decision. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia (news - web sites) and Clarence Thomas (news - web sites) wrote separately to say the court was wrong not to hear the case.

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[Massacure]

1. Good

One less state controlled by the repubs.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Colorado?

I thought it was already controlled by Republicans?

[Massacure]

3. If the republicans were complaining about the redistricting

It can't be good news for them come the next election.

[yellowcanine]

4. Rehnquist, Scalia, and "Me too" Thomas - We don't care what u

think.

[dusty64]

5. rehnquist and scalia

need to be removed. The are unqualified extremist hacks for a political party and do NOT even try to hide it anymore. The ruling on the cheney energy papers ought to be the final nails in their career coffins, it ought to be interesting.

[DaveSZ]

6. This is surprising

I would have expected O Connor and Kennedy to rule in favor of the new GOP map.

I only hope that at least one of them rules against * on the Jose Padilla case.

I'll bet anything Scalia and Thomas will rule against the US constitution on that case in favor of a fascist police state.