carley: two members of a gang just arrested for attempted murder. police say the two knocked a new york teen off his bike and repeatedly stabbed him. that teen suffering extensive nerve damage. officers arresting the men after their bloody shirts matched the victim s dna. it s unclear why they targeted the 17-year-old. both face up to 25 years behind bars if convicted. rob: all right. harvard university on trial this morning for what some people are calling racial discrimination against asian americans. carley: very interesting case here. the trial is expected to make it all the way to the supreme court and challenge affirmative action law. kelly boase long is an asian american harvard student and he she joins us now. you are currently junior at harvard, right? yes. thank you so much for having me on. carley: glad you re here.
act, the statement from justice roberts that essentially hey, discrimination is over. you don t have to worry about that anymore. and this notion from justice scalia of racial entitlements. when you combine that with this judgment, which essentially says the majority can decide whether or not the minority in its midst can have the protection of affirmative action law, what is the message being sent to african-americans and other minorities by this court? that s been the problem all along. that s why so many of these cases are losing. instead of following the appropriate predicates, bringing forward prosecutions for voting rights discrimination, bringing forth plaintiffs who said i wasn t allowed in, we have created institutional racism. no federal court has ever accepted that. left, right, middle. we re out of time. is the idea of racial discrimination is chimera? it s very real. find me the academic study, find
Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20140422 20:46:30 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
school. quickly, horace. my point is just simply, the court said that that kind of determination is open for all of society to participate. and it doesn t implicate any constitutional concern. horace, let me ask you what message do you think is being sent by the majority on this court. first you had a case of eviscerating the vote rights act, the statement from justice roberts that essentially hey, discrimination is over. you don t have to worry about that anymore. and this notion from justice scalia of racial entitlements. when you combine that with this judgment, which essentially says the majority can decide whether or not the minority in its midst can have the protection of affirmative action law, what is the message being sent to african-americans and other minorities by this court? a. that s been the problem all along. that s why so many of these cases are losing. instead of following the appropriate predicates, bringing forward prosecutions for voting
race, sex or ethnicity. let me ask you a question, that woman who you played in the soundbite is saying that all people need to know is that affirmative action stands for now. that s not all they need to know at all. what the high court just said is we need to reevaluate the case and old the affirmative action to the most difficult standard there is in law. which is the most affirmative action law to pass, correct? that s true. supporters of affirmative action like barbara that you heard from there, saying they feel good because now the policies remain untouched until the whole case is revetted. it is highly unlikely that based on the court s decision they won t find the university of texas at austin s admin policies are okay under that heightened