former federal prosecutor and former deputy assistant general elliot williams, author, and cnn political commentator, columnist and host of the you decide podcast errol louis. i want to start with you on that idea president biden saying this is not a normal court. i asked secretary johnson about that, to some degree, if you read what they ve done, it follows what conservative legal scholars have been laying out aspirationally for decades, now they re doing it, why does it make it not normal? i think that the last term of the court, you know, leading up to the dobbs decision, i think you could say that was abnormal in a lot of ways including they made this very high-profile decision that went against public opinion. this term the court has charted a much more moderate course. you ve seen a lot of splits not the typical 6-3 you would see. and this decision, it s similar
a tool that helps promote diversity on campus. this is not a normal court. today s decision marks a landmark win for the rights of asian americans in this country. being able to consider my race and my story is how i believe harvard was able to see me. the florida grand jury that indicted donald trump in the classified documents case is actually still investigating. one of donald trump s closest campaign advisers was shown a classified map by the former president. susie wiles. we know she was interviewed multiple times by the special counsel. a man was arrested in former president barack obama s washington neighborhood with multiple firearms and materials to make a molotov cocktail. the secret service in the area around the obamas residence aobserved him acting suspiciously. taranto is on the radar from the january 6th case. the defendant is not guilty. peterson was charged with 11
5% of the applicant pool but they end up being 30% of the class. all of those categories plus race, and the court sort of identifies race, you can t consider that, but all of the rest of this is all good and never really quite explains why. and they are, therefore, in the majority accused by sotomayor acting basically as an admissions group, like setting admissions policy for the country according to their own personal whims. in the case of justice thomas, sort of personal damage he experienced when he was a law student. not a sound way to make constit constitutional policy. i think people will use the loophole, saying we re not going to take race into account but will ask to you write an essay about any adversity you might have experienced in your life because of race or ethnicity. and they will figure it out and the push toward diversity that is basically inevitable despite the court s ruling i think is
federal judges, state judges tossing out and blocking some gun safety laws. joining us now to talk about all of this is former homeland security secretary jay johnson. he also chairs the new york state bar association task force aimed at maintaining diversity and is also an attorney and partner at the paul weiss law firm. it s great to have you. good morning. thank you very much. so, for you, this is about students, about what happens with their careers in becoming future lawyers, but it s also personal for you. can you share your personal experience and then reaction to what the court has done here? in addition to everything you mentioned, i m also a trustee of columbia university. and just a month ago in anticipation of this decision i was recalling to lee bollinger, i was in the midst of applying to law school, anxiously
from new perspectives. what does that look like as a trustee of columbia university? the biden administration says they will do what they can but the court restricts what they can effectively do that would pass muster with the court challenge. yes, it has, and what president obama is saying is what many of us believe, that achieving diverse situation, whether it s in a law school class, whether it s in the situation room, or whether it s on the supreme court, works to the benefit of and contributes to a healthy educational and decision making environment. when you have people who come from south carolina, new york city, federal defenders, law school professors in the room