Supreme W. Court tells Republican Gerrymander Lovers in Coloradoto take a hike!

The US Supreme W. Court refused to hear arguments concerning the Colorado Republican Party's attempt to gerrymander redistrict congressional districts.

Shocker! Renquist, Scalia, and Thomas disagreed.

From the AP wire:

Colorado GOP Loses Redistricting Case

By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

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 wrote separately to say the court was wrong not to hear the case.

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Could Texas be next?