affirmative action and college admissions calling the policy on constitutional decision came after a case was brought in front of harvard in the case of north carolina. our reporter has the details. a landmark decision from a bitterly divided supreme court, rejecting the use of race as we know it in college admissions, chief johnson to conclude programs at harvard and the university of north carolina violated the law, riding the schools unavoidably a cloyed race in a negative manner involved racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful and points. the polarizing stigmatizing and on fair jurisprudence that allowed colleges and universities to use a students race and ethnicity as a factor to either admit them or reject them has been overruled. praise there from the architect of the lawsuits, the schools were accused of giving substantial preferences to black and hispanic applicants while discriminating against asian students. what this lawsuit reveals is that personality
now affecting millions of students and colleges across the country. justice clarence thomas, who has acknowledged affirmative action helped him, against the policy now, describing a colorblind constitution. justice ketanji brown jackson, the court s first black woman justice, calling the decision, quote, a tragedy for us all. saying deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. tonight, president biden again saying this is not a normal court, when asked a question today at the white house. you ll see the moment. terry moran at the court. mary bruce in the studio with me. and rachel scott on how this immediately becomes an issue in the race for president. also tonight, more than 130 million americans under air quality alerts tonight. millions more suffering from that intense heat growing more deadly today. the smoke from the canadian wildfires now blanketing 23 states, from wisconsin to the northeast. washington, d.c. and detroit with the worst air quality in t
court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today it s undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as president biden told msnbc s nicole wallace earlier today. it s done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history. and that s what i meant by not normal. i find it just so out of sorts with the basic value system of the american people. and i think across the board the vast majority of the american people don t agree with a lot of the decisions this court is making. he s right. it s not just of the radical conservative supreme court is undoing decades o
rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and that s what i meant by not normal. that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. we ll break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile we re just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, we ll take a look how americans feel about the issue of affirmative action and the growing calls to expand the highest court in the land. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us, and we ll begin this morning with the landmark decisions from the supreme court ending the systematic consideration of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. the court ruled that the programs at the university of north carolina and one at harva
appreciated one of the guests you had on making this point about how they thought that the case of 303 creative would be narrowly defined. and i was in agreement with you that i hope that is the case because i think a lot of people have been looking at that and seeing it as opening the floodgates to possible discrimination against lgbtq members for whatever reason, you know, services, or free speech. but at the end of the day, it has created the lgbtq community or made them feel like second class citizens in this country. absolutely. i was also, you know, glad to hear it presented in that way that perhaps, it s a lot more-limited, and it can be interpreted by other courts as well in a lot more limiting way. so, let s hope let s hope, and let s wait and see. it s great to see you, as always, my friend. enjoy the rest of your evening off. and good evening to you. welcome to ayman. tonight, it ain t over. the classified documents grand jury is still hearing evidence in t