In a major blow to election reformers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to rein in electoral map manipulation by politicians aimed at entrenching one party in power, a contentious practice known as partisan gerrymandering that critics have said warps democracy. In a 5-4 ruling that could reverberate through U.S. politics for years to come, the justices ruled that federal judges do not have the have the ability to curb partisan gerrymandering. ~ ~ ~ clip ~ ~ ~ {Guess who's objecting} "House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat, said in a statement, “Partisan gerrymandering...