Gerrymandering goes to court

The Supreme Court has agreed to review the (ridiculous) redistricting plan pushed through in Texas by Tom DeLay. Remember when all the Democrats fled the state in order to prevent a vote insituting this new map? it's that one. Even the Justice Department is on record saying it fails most relevant tests. The case will be heard and decided during the spring term (so Alito's confirmation could get even more heat)...