This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, June 28th.

I'm Rachel Del Judas.

And I'm Kate Trinko.

Today Daniel Davis sits down with the Heritage Foundation's Jim Phillips, an expert in Middle Eastern

Affairs to discuss what's going on with Iran.

Is war on the horizon?

Why is Iran suddenly so aggressive? and what's driving this conflict?

They'll discuss all those questions and more.

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Now on to our top news. When it comes to Jerrymandering, a new decision for the Supreme Court Thursday

makes it clear that it's lawmakers, not judges, who get to decide.

The court looked at two cases, one from Maryland where Democrats

were believed to have benefited from how districts were divided and another

from North Carolina where Republicans were considered the winners.

Heritage Foundations Hans Von Spikoski, once a member of the Federal Election Commission,

said,

it's a political question and not something the court should decide on.

This is something that should be decided by state legislatures or Congress.

Justice Alena Kagan, who dissented from the majority opinion, said, quote, for the first time ever, this court refuses to remedy a constitutional violation

because it thinks the task beyond judicial capabilities.

And, if left unchecked

gerrymanders like the ones here may irreparably damage our system of government.

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