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he s lost all credibility. after the supreme court 6-3 decision striking down the use of racial preferences in college admissions biden was sent out by whoever winds him up to lie. affirmative action is so misunderstood. many people wrongly believe that affirmative action allows unqualified students, unqualified students to be admitted ahead of qualified students. this is not, this is not how college admissions work. laura: the white house people aren t that ignorant. they know the truth, that the entire point of racial preferences is to give minority candidates an edge. regardless of their test scores or their transcripts or their resume, it s classic discrimination and it s based on race. colleges set out standards for admission and every student, every student has to meet those standards. then and only then, after first meeting the qualifications required by the school, do colleges look at other factors in addition to their grades such as race. laura: okay. what s
juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race conscious administrations will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor in the administrations calculus, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body for everybody s benefit. quotas on the other hand, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several major cases involving affirmative action over the years. and one of those cases was in 2003, it was grutter versus bollinger, involved the
johnson s team focusing this past year. advocating for increased taxes and social programs to combat that crime. here is what he had to say in his victory speech tuesday night. tonight is just the beginning, with our voices and votes we ve ushered in a new chapter in the history of our city. to chicagoans who did not vote for me, i care about you. i value you. and i want to hear from you. moderate democrat valpaul vallas gained endorsement of the police union. i ran to bring this city together and it is clear based on the results tonight that the city is deeply divided. tonight we believe every vote should be counted, i called brandon johnson and told him i expect him to be the next mayor of chicago. former mayor lori lightfoot applauding johnson s win saying, i congratulate brandon johnson on his hard-fought runoff victory. i will continue to root for the city i call home and work toward more equity and fairness. johnson will focus on issues like defunding the po
Stuart 10 00 eastern. We check the money for you. The nasdaq is down 77. Modest losses. The important numbers, the yield on the 10 year treasury going up 486, close to 5 . Price of oil, any expansion of the war in the middle east going up now. You are up a point and 1 2, 88 a barrel. Bitcoin, not much, cryptos, wednesday morning, how the markets are doing, now this. 4 00 eastern time President Biden steps out of air force one to begin his brief visit to israel, the trip being derailed by the explosion of a hospital in gaza. The leaders of jordan, egypt and the palestinian authority, he did meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The president s demeanor, he looked tired, was not forceful, was not robust, the two leaders heart leave made eye contact, netanyahu said hamas must be deleted, not the same as saying they must be crushed, lightening up a little there. President biden said israel does not appear to be behind the hospital explosion. Based on what i see, the other team, not