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
now. good morning, i am lindsey reiser. we are going to begin with breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. two huge decisions on the final day of its term. moments ago the justices striking down president biden s plan to forgive more than $400 billion in student loan debt. the high court says it needed to be approved by congress and they also ruled that colorado website designer can refuse to create a website for a samecouples saying that the first amendment allows her to refuse to invoice it endorsed messages. colorado seeks to force an individual that. with us now to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent outside of the court. catherine christian. now an msnbc legal analyst. first, to you here. two huge cases. what did the supreme court have to stay on both of those? well, on that case regarding lgbtq rights. that was the case where now, the opinion, they said that the web design was within her rights and that colorado, which regarded this as an an
are back with us. our top story, the fbi found documents containing classified information on iran and china. taking it up a notch or two, the most intel experts and legal experts. i say taking it to the top at former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. this is according to two people familiar with the matter saying the first were found at mar-a-lago during the fbi s search of the property in august. sources tell the post that if shared with others, such information could expose intelligence gathering methods that the u.s. wants to keep hidden from the world. at least one document reportedly describes iran s missile program, while others describe highly sensitive intelligence work aimed at china. the documents are considered to be among the most sensitive the fbi has recovered from trump s possession to date. experts tell the post, unauthorized disclosures of such documents could pose several risks including potentially endangering people aiding u.s. intelligenc
forever in ways that are not healthy. i actually agree with that. i don t think you pack the court because you are upset at one moment in time. catherine christian, thank you. i appreciate you. i ll see you back here tomorrow from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. eastern. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports, the supreme court s bitter ideological divide is on full display today as the conservative super majority super charged by trump nominees overturns precedents and makes new ones. first striking a big blow to the biden administration by invalidating student loan forgiveness to 40 million americans in a decision written by chief justice john roberts. also a potentially life changing defeat for the lgbtq community, with a conservative majority siding with a colorado designer who does not want to create
23 past the hour. welcome back to morning joe. we re taking a look at new polling this morning that is shedding light on how hispanic florida voters view the race for governor with a majority siding with republican incumbent ron desantis. notably, the majority of respondens born outside the united states agreed with move by desantis last month to fly nearly 50 venezuelan migrants from san antonio to martha s vineyard in response to president joe biden s border policies. let s bring in nbc news senior national political reporter mark caputo. also with us democratic consultant. eye-popping numbers for the uninitiated but i was looking back at an nbc news story after the 2020 election, 55% of cuban