Here's the problem

...in a nutshell. Gerrymandered congressional districts in Texas are linked to the Anna Nicole Smith snake oil show by a clever columnist's comparison of their relative shapeliness. By doing so, he reduces the whole business of how DeLay and company hijacked democracy in the Lone Star state (thereby helping to push us into the GOP-engineered cesspool we're now drowning in) to a punchline. It ain't funny.

The Justices Look at Some Shapely . . . Congressional Districts

The Supreme Court hosted its own performance of "Beauty and the Beast" this week. On Tuesday, it heard the plea of Anna Nicole Smith, the former stripper and Playboy Playmate seeking a share of her deceased husband's fortune. Yesterday, the justices debated the aesthetics of three congressional districts in Texas.

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