the constitution, because it is not merely the constitution in this case, right? that is right. talking about the private colleges, and univerities, and they are claiming that it applies to private colleges as well. they are not suing harvard directly, but filing a complaint with the department of education saying that the civil rights act requires you the treat the groups the same, and the protected groups the same, and unprotected groups, and so on, and saying that it is systemic ly different. and so overwhelmingly white applicants, and it is not inherently race-based, but the impact is race-based. so it is not so much that money
and so this is a parent or relative who went to harvard or related to a donor, and these black and latina groups are saying that these kind of applicants get special consideration, and that is violating the 1964 civil rights act. and they say that white students make up 70% of these admission, and the district court has called these preferences sizable and significant and spelled out in the data in the complaint. let s look at some of it, and it is clear the case they are making. the class of 2026, for instance, some just under 2,000 students werekaccepted out of the applicant pool. and so, we are going to have a legacy applicant, and looking historically that applicants
more than 1,500 guests picnicked on the white house south lawn, as biden called for new measures to protect the civil rights and safety of lgbtq+ americans. he also urged congress to pass the equality act that would amend the 1964 civil rights act to include protections for sexual orientation and gender idenity, alongside race, religion, sex and national origin. biden made clear that his adminstration stands with the lgbtq+ community. i want to send a message to the entire community, especially transgender children. you are loved. you are heard, you are understood. and you belong! and the us vice president kamala harris made a surprise visit to the stonewall inn, a day after new york s governor signed a bill to protect transgender youth. harris s visit marked the first by a sitting vice president to the iconic landmark. the stonewall inn was the site of thejune 1969 riots largely credit as a turning point in the modern gay rights movement. harris also echoed the administration s
backgrounds and talk and act and think alike. moreover, these opinions reestablish the founding principles of the 1964 civil rights act, which clearly forbids treating americans differently by race. let me quote. at the signing ceremony of the act on july 2, 1964, president lyndon johnson made these remarks. quoting now. the purpose of the law is simple. it does not restrict the freedom of any american as long as he respects the rights of others. it does not give special treatment to any citizen. i m going to read that again. it does not give special treatment to any citizen. it does say the only limit to a man s hope for happiness and for the future of his children shall
to the many, many members of the community who share their experiences to us during the investigation. we went to investigate the mpd s investigation into the you have been listening to merrick garland and officials from the state of minnesota talk about the results of a two-year investigation into minneapolis and the minneapolis police department. what merrick garland announced is that the investigation found systemic problems in the minneapolis police department that made what happened to george floyd possible. patterns and practices that violated the first the and fourth amendments and the civil rights act, and used excessive force when no force was necessary, and discriminated against black and native americans and violated free