disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they re racially diverse. we can t go backwards. you know, i know today s court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, politico s white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there s a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what s the fallout you re following here? you just heard from president biden express real dismay at the decision. he urged colleges to consider candidates backgrounds, races, ethnicities when it comes to institutions of higher learning. he was asked as he was leaving the room there after making his statement, he was asked by a reporter if this was a rogue court, meaning the supreme court, and he paused and
president biden said earlier today about the decision. let s go ahead and play some of it. is this a rogue court? this is not a normal court. jonathan, you had mentioned that and is it striking that he s making a comment like that, this is not a normal court. what tone is he hitting there? for president biden, that s pretty strong language, he fancied himself an institutionalist. we heard him defend things like the united states senate and the supreme court for years now, and his role in the senate as vice president and now as president of the united states, that he is someone who believes americans need to have their faith restored in institutions of government, particularly after the four years of donald trump. he was sharply critical today just as he was a year ago, and the supreme court handed down the dobbs decision that overturned roe v. wade and those federal abortion protections. let s recall, this is after trump as we mentioned earlier was able to appoint three
disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they re racially diverse. we can t go backwards. you know, i know today s court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, politico s white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there s a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what s the fallout you re following here? you just heard from president biden express real dismay at the decision. he urged colleges to consider candidates backgrounds, races, ethnicities when it comes to institutions of higher learning.
businesses from getting lucrative government contracts to be able to take care of the families in their communities. i think about all of that, and so all of these different pieces of black life are affected by in decision. and it s something that, you know, as we think about the political ramifications of this, yes, we ve known this was coming for a long time, as jonathan said, you know, the election of donald trump put so much of this into motion and in the immediate time frame, but going forward, we have to hold every elected official, every institution accountable for how they re going to take steps to correct this, if not through the judiciary, but through their own intentional action. jonathan, basil, i want you to stick around if you can because the founder for students for fair admissions, edward bloom is discussing the end to what he calls the end to