make a decision about whether they intend to try to consider race and overcoming adversity as they have in the past with much benefit to all of us or whether they have to play it straight here and simply avoid much beyond what the court says is an individual based decision about the path of that one individual s life. so former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama, joyce vance, we have more of your thoughts on this later as you also join us on morning joe. thank you for being with us on way too early. in just hours we re going to likely learn the decisions of the two final cases pending before the supreme court this term. still on the docket, the legality of president biden s student loan forgiveness program as well as a case concerning lgbtq plus rights and free speech. biden s forgiveness program would cancel up to $20,000 worth of student debt for more than 40 million americans, but it could be on shaky ground. the plan s chances of survival hinge on winning supp
the conservative side of the bench. those justices appeared skeptical of the biden administration s authority to forgive the debt without congressional approval. and also on the docket a case concerning free speech and the lgbtq plus rights matter. the case is centered around evangelical christian graphic designer in colorado who runs a web design business but does not want to offer her services to gay couples on religious ground. the woman says that colorado s anti-discrimination laws, which prohibit businesses from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, violate her free speech rights to refuse work that conflicts with her own views. a conservative majority appeared sympathetic toward the designer during oral arguments back in december. meanwhile in an interview with nicolle wallace on deadline white house here on msnbc yesterday, president biden also weighed in on the growing calls
welcome back. as we turn to some of the morning s other top headlines. the supreme court will likely hand down major decisions on landmark cases later this morning in just a few hours. the nation s highest court still has open cases concerning affirmative action, lgbtq plus rights, student loan forgiveness, and religious rights. in recent decisions some conservative justices have sided with the liberal wing of the bench on things like election law and minority voting rights. but those decisions were not entirely conclusive. that means they could end up back at the court with different rulings later on down the road. experts of the court expect theory maining cases to be ruled in the conservative justice s favor. we of course will bring you those decisions as soon as they
core, and direction of lgbtq plus rights in this country right now. boris? miguel marquez reporting from new york. thank you so much for. that breanna? oklahoma s state school board just approved what will be the state s first taxpayer funded school. the archdiocese will run this school for k through 12, but the government is already getting fierce backlash. the state s republican attorney general calling the approval unconsti unconstitutional. let s bring in ed laf darrah on this story. is they planning legal action? there s no question this is headed for the courts. but this is known as the oklahoma statewide virtual charter school board, which many probably didn t know existed 24 hours ago is sending shock waves through the education community, crass the country. this is the board that approved the application by the
month when we were all together at this dinner. the dobbs decision had just been leaked. there were three words on my mind that night. how dare they? how dare they attack our health care system? how did they attack our fundamental rights? how dare they attack the freedom of the women of america to make decisions about their own bodies? that was the vice president speaking in washington tonight. this week, planned parenthood issued a statement saying that as we continue to face unrelenting attacks on our basic freedoms, our courts must be one backstop to protecting our rights. instead, the courts have been used as a vehicle to advance the dangerous agenda against abortion rights, voting rights, lgbtq plus rights, and so much