east coast. we are expecting president biden to address the supreme court 6-3 ruling blocking his student loan handout plan. that ruling already reigniting calls from the left to change the highest court in the nation, shannon bream will join us on that. welcome back as america reports heads into a second hour, i m sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. mike: sandra, great to be working with you. i m in for john roberts. the president s plan would have wiped out up to $20,000 in loans per person, but a lawsuit from six states and two individuals said the president does not have that authority and the court s majority agreed. that leaves about 40 million americans in limbo. one student loan borrower disappointed with the decision weighed in last hour addressing why he thinks the plan was fair. as someone who graduates in 2024, i m expecting to enter a very competitive job market looking for an entry level position. that s ultimately not going to pa
evening. now it s time to last word with jonathan kaye pot in for lawrence. good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. quite the day we ve had today. i know you re gonna have a great show analyzing what went. down yes, we will. alex, thank you very much. have a great show. this is not a normal court. that was what president biden said after the radical conservatives on the supreme court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today it s undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as president biden told msnbc s nicole wallace earlier today. it s done more to unravel basic rights and
$500. for that same low, low price, you also get a metaphor for republican governance by this ill conceived stunt. that does it for us tonight. you can catch me back here on tomorrow night at eight pm eastern. now, it s time for the last word with jonathan capehart who is in lawrence. h jo good evening, jonathan. good evening, a man. it s our first time doing a hand up. i know in your last, you re talking about the supreme court. we re gonna pick it up right here at 10:00. i m sure you will, my friend. have a good hour. thanks, eamonn. and on the last day of pride 2023, the republican appointed justices on the supreme court in shrine discrimination against lgbtq people in a case deliberately brought to advance conservative interests in a favorable court. of course, it was about a wedding website. it was decided that in the evangelical website design or in colorado would not have to design the website for same-sex couple because it would violate her first amendment righ
but the big guy says this fight isn t over. you know, these r republican officials just couldn tep bear the thought of providing relief for working class, middle clas s americans to up fighting for you. we ll use every tool at e studentsal , get you the student debt relief you need and reach your dreams. why didyour d you give millie borrowers false hope. i didn t get mars false hopei ,but the republicans snatched away the hope thatca they were given. and it s real, real hope. did you overstep your authorit > ? i think the court misinterpreted the constitution . here it goes. but maybe biden should savefh some of that anger for nancyat pelosi. the supreme court actually using the former speaker s own words inin their ruling. people think that the president of the unite d states, the power for debt forgiveness. r for he does not. he can postpone. he can delay. but he does not have thatas to power. that would have to bbe an ace a. congress. yeah, as yo u imagine
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