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
wedding websites for same sex couples. an application of the first amendment to civil rights law that could affect public accommodations perhaps even gay marriage access for many minority groups. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington where the supreme court just ended its urm with a conservative super majority flexing its muscle once again. this morning striking down the student loan forgiveness program with the chief justice writing in part the secretary of education asserts the heroes act. in a second major ruling today but perhaps even more far ranging consequences down the road the six conservatives, gorsuch writing the opinion saying the first amendment rights of a colorado website designer give her the freedom to refuse from accepting same sex couples from her business. in this case justice sotomayor read aloud a strongly worded dissent from the bench to emphasize her strong disagreement. writing in part, lgbt people have existed for all of human history. and as s
we, the people. the supreme court s conservative majority takes steps to reshape american life. this is not a normal. how are democrats responding in biden secretary pete buttigieg and congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortes join me next. as the court celebrates con serb tiff rulings. he ll lie about anything. we need leaders that will be honest. republican candidates chris christie and will hurd join me to respond in moments. justice for whom? new attacks from top gop candidates on minority rights. instead of taking children to church they believe in taking children to drag shows. are they outside of step with voters? our political panel will discuss. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is divided 6-3. key decisions by the supreme court this week once again up ended american life with a trio of sweeping rulings that divided americans and moved the country to the right, prompting far-reaching consequences that are onl
each eligible sipght could have received up to $20 now, in loan forgiveness but the high court shot down that bailout due to what it calls executive overreach we have team coverage, mike davis former clerk for justice neil gorsuch is stapgding by with his thoughtings on that and a slew of other momentous opinion this is week and first, though, go to alexandria huff life at the white house with the latest. alexandria. president has had strong words for all of the major opinions that have come out of the supreme court this week and for the court itself. but the president is assuring borrowers they were not misled by his campaign promise. because he say a new plan is in the works to reduce student loans. we will ground this new approach in a different law than any original plan. a so-called higher education act. that will allow secretary carr doe that to compromise way for release loans under certain circumstances. i need to learn more about this new pathway that the president
welcome to the beat. we have a lot going on tonight. possible legal nightmares increasing for donald trump. you may say doesn t he already have enough legal problems, but with a top campaign lake cooperating with jack smith it is another story. george santos also back in court with a lot of problems. we begin with the wider story we were discussing with the breaking news yesterday, the war on rights waged by a supreme court that said it cared about president but only cares about some precedent. this now trump tax court is that these two rulings, businesses can now legally refuse service to lgbtq customers, ruling in favor of a web designer who said they could not, would not work on same-sex weddings. now businesses can refuse to sell products and services basically on the argument that the message matters more than the equality and nondiscrimination of their potential client base. no one he wants to go about their lives thinking if i go to this place, if i go to this restau