Is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. And that is what they are trying to do in collaboration with cspan as we invite you to join us in listening to these oral arguments and then convening afterwards with some of americas most thoughtful scholars who filed briefs in our taking positions on both sidesof of the case to help us unpack the arguments we just heard. For an and this has been an extraordinary morning and weve heard three cases involving the president s power to resist the subpoena in the first cases from congress in the second case from the state District Attorney. There are two great scholars and two of americas leading experts on the law of the presidency especially as it relates to the subpoena. Andrew is the professor of law at Joseph Rosenfeld is a lowball at iowa law where he focuses on
Brown. Marching for change. An estimated millions take to the streets around the world to demand action to save the planet theyre inheriting. And the selfie strategy. Why candidates for 2020 believe stopping for a snapshot has become one of the most important parts of their campaigns. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Most people thought i would go in within two seconds, but plenty of time. Plenty of time. The u. S. Sends more troops to saudi arabia. The United States does not seek conflict with iran. That said, we have many other military options available. Everybodys read it, they laugh at it. A whistleblower complaint says the president and his personal lawyer tried to pressure the ukrainian president to go after joe bidens son. I have no comment except the president should start to be present. The death toll climbed from catastrophic floods in southeast texas. Its heartbreaking. The new England Patriots have released Antonio Br
and i think that across the board, the vast majority of the american people don t agree with a lot of the decisions the courts are making. president biden in an exclusive interview with my colleague, nicolle wallace, responding to today s very predictable supreme court decision on affirmative action. and that is where we begin tonight, with the united states supreme court once again turning the arc of justice away from equality and back to the early 20th century. striking down the use of affirmative action in college admissions. the roberts court, which wouldn t even look like the court it is today without affirmative action, decided that race conscious admissions programs at harvard university and the university of north carolina violate equal protection under the constitution. it is fitting then that it would be the court s first black woman justice, ketanji brown jackson, who clearly articulated the cost of this latest regression. writing in her dissent, with let them
we have lots of news to cover and questions to answer. and so let s get started. supreme disappointment, the conservative-leaning highest court in the land dishing out serious setbacks to affirmative action, lgbtq+ rights, and millions of americans crushed under student loan duct. we are going in-depth on the real world impacts of these rulings in the future of the supreme court. plus, there is a take. the smoking gun that could be the most damaging evidence yet against the twice impeached, twice in the one term ex president and this is not the only legal trouble for trump this week. we are breaking it all down ahead. and later, let s take a joyride. i talked to the api team behind the movie critics already calling the funniest comedy of the year. all of this and much more coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. the supreme court wrapped up its turn by rolling out a series of blockbuster decisions. the super conservative 63 majority getting camp for
decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the court can