now, fast forward to a president not trying to be bigoted towards people, but a president trying to help people, then all of a sudden, john roberts, same guy, they are related, same guy, he says no, no, no, the president can do that unless congress explicitly mandates that he can. note the heroes act that biden used, said specifically, and i m quoting, the secretary of education can wave or modify student financial structures right? that s what biden did. he modified, he waved $10,000 worth of debt. roberts says no, no, no, you need to be more explicit to grant a power from congress to do that. this court is off the chain. like, i don t know how to say it. they are not bound by logic or reason or facts or the constitution. they are unbound, and they re gonna keep doing this until people stop them. if i had edges, they would be gone. elie mystal, paul butler, thank
but isn t the court already politicized, the damage is already done? well, i completely understand, and the president completely understands the frustration with the court. and of course, he s voiced it himself. yesterday, he talked about that, the decision on student debt was wrongly decided. that this is a court that does act time and time again against the views of the majority of americans and really pushing our rights backwards instead of forwards. he appreciates the frustration. he does recognize, and has argued, that there is a significant downside to efforts to reshape the court. and we have to understand those consequences, but you know, we all recognize that there is that frustration. and we hope that you will see some decisions this cycle, or this session of the court, where it didn t seem to and
legal standard. now, the court, well, it was not done. on friday, the justices ruled that the act does not allow the second secretary of education in the power to cancel student loan debt in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. this is a move that stops president biden s ambitious student loan forgiveness plan in its tracks, and at least 43 million americans still saddled with more than 1.7 trillion dollars in debt hanging in the balance. the president has about to pursue forgiveness to another law, a higher education act, who warned it would take longer. and to not be outdone by their own decisions in a blow to lgbtq rights, the court found a website designer, who petitioned based on hypothetical, and by hypothetical, i mean made-up, or roger imaginary, a gay couple who never requested her services, did not create a website for same-sex couples. the decision only addressed services that were inherently expressive, with support
from further discrimination? the court has signaled in many different ways that they are essentially, there are people who are concerned that obergefell is on the line, a landmark decision that codified same-sex marriage? this is a time where we also recognize that the experience of lgbtq americans, many are feeling under attack, conservative politicians are launching attacks across the country. there have been over 500 legislations filed that really target lgbtq americans in state legislatures across the country. that is why, earlier this month, the president outlined a series of initiatives to protect the lgbtq community, tasking that department of justice, doj wide initiative to protect lgbtq americans. the department of justice has actually been engaged in
now, what you just heard were three conservative, now supreme court justices, during confirmation hearings. and they were speaking of the importance of precedent. precedent is a principle or will establish in a prior supreme court decision. and it is something that justices have historically used as a guide before issuing their own rulings in similar cases. so, the decision to overturn precedence is never, or should never be taken lightly. but with the reversal of roe v. wade, planned parenthood versus casey, and the most recent banning of race conscious college admissions practices, we are seeing a court of north by the justice of its predecessors. six consecutive justices appear to be standing, ready to abandon long-standing precedent and the will of the people the court claims to serve. here now to discuss, if i got that right, and the impact of these rulings are paul butler.