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Nassau district battle destined for court

Joye Brown

Newsday columnist Joye Brown Joye Brown

Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

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A rushed Republican proposal to reconfigure district lines in Nassau County drew hard fire at the sole public hearing on the matter yesterday.

The hearing -- where the atmosphere was, at turns, passionate and nasty -- was the opening skirmish in a battle over the proposed lines destined to end up in federal court.

That's exactly where it belongs.

The political party in charge --...

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