good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking news, affirmative action struck down. president biden as you just heard that finished speaking on the landmark supreme court decision and the potential long lasting consequences at colleges, universities, and students across this country. the court ruling on a pair of challenges to policies at harvard and unc, that the schools can no longer look at race during the admissions process. the vote was 6-3, and eddie glaude, reacting just after the decision about the lasting impact he says this will have on higher education. this was just one remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in american higher education. one remedy. here they have taken it away. we have a small percentage of black and brown students in elite institutions, that percentage will get even stronger. reactions are pouring in from students to members of congr
richard nixon s enemies list. it just might be relevant today as we learn new details about how to the top fbi officials have been publicly targeted by donald trump. they found themselves on the business end of the audits. the end of roe could be followed by a cascade of other personal rights falling away. it looks like that is already beginning to happen. this is how alabama republicans are using the trump stacked supreme court language against vulnerable kids. i will talk to the director of one clinic who is finding a way to fight back against the states new abortion ban. good morning. it is saturday, july 9th. we are days away from the resumption of the january six committee is a story public hearings. we are less than 24 hours removed from when the committee s investigators heard testimony from one of the most sought after in vital witnesses to date. a person who was not only in the room, but was part of the conversation. nbc news has learned from a source familiar with
abortion. new polling released today shows that 41% of americans approve of the supreme court decisions, the 59% of americans disapprove. a number that is telling, 67% of women surveyed disapprove of the ruling. in that same poll, 52% of americans to get overturning roe v. wade is a step backwards for america. and earlier today on meets the press, governor officials from both sides of the aisle express their view about the decision and he would impacts. whenever you re looking at the decision to save a non-born child, that is the rare circumstance, in this case, they use the power of the state to say, unless the health of the mother is at risk, let s carry that child to term. so when you are saving a life, that is an appropriate role of the state. forcing woman to carry pregnancies against their will, that will kill them. it will kill them. especially in the state of arkansas, where there is a very little to no support for life after birth. in terms of health care, in ter
we re learning more about what it was like in the room, as the high court handed down the affirmative action decision. justice clarence thomas read his concurring decision after chief justice john roberts made the original announcement saying the racial boxes into which universities place applicants are little more than stereotypes. this is not the 1860s or the 1960s. according to our reporter in the room at no point during thomas s lengthy concurrence did justice ketanji brown jackson look over at him. she looked ahead the whole time, and appeared angry. justice sonia sotomayor made her displeasure clear as well in a nearly 20 minute dissent, she called out chief justice roberts and chief justice thomas by name multiple times. she described the ruling as profoundly wrong and devastating, saying that the pursuit of diversity will gone despite the court. sotomayor quoted martin luther king saying, we shall overcome. i want to bring back paul butler, former federal prosecutor and profess
transgender youth. in its filing, alabama echoed the phrase that justice alito used at least half a dozen times in his opinion, writing that gender transition treatment is not quote, deeply rooted in our history or traditions. it is one of the first convicted decisions to refers the dobbs decision, it comes at a time gets out of state legislators throughout this country ben expressively acting to restrict the rights of lgbtq plus members of the community. this is precisely one of the intended consequences of the court s decision on dobbs, and it in his concurring decision justice clarence thomas went as far as to declare that the quote should quote, we consider some pass precedence. specifically, name in the cases that extend constitutional protections to a same-sex relationships. alabama s comes in response to the justice s opinions on jobs and the right the process of reconsidering or un-enumerated rights has begun. joining us now is justice,