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My guest today on RIGHT IN DC is Hans von Spakovsky. He's a good friend, a fellow lawyer and a fellow UVA parent. We're going to talk today about one of my favorite topics: Supreme Court cases in politics. To give you a little background on Hans and why he's an expert able to discuss this in great detail, and also in a way that makes it easy for people to understand: Hans is a Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a former FEC commissioner, and a former Department of Justice lawyer. We started off by discussing his recent article, "Courts Should Stay Out of the "Political Thicket" of Gerrymandering" (https://www.heritage.org/courts/commentary/courts-should-stay-out-the-political-thicket-gerrymandering). We talked about: • What gerrymandering is • Recent cases where Republicans and Democrat are suing regarding redistricting • Figuring out the correct proportion of redistricting • Why it's a bad idea to have the Supreme Court rule on redistricting • History of partisan redistricting and court ca