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
was about her right to free speech, her right to practice her religious beliefs. she said today is a win for speech. i also want to take you to what we heard from the legal director for gender justice. among the things that were told to us, they feel like this opens the door for more potential litigation for people who have hypothetical ideas. remember, this stems from a colorado antidiscrimination law. this was not even, you know, there had not been an instance where she had actually created a wedding website yet. she has not done that yet. she said that this was coming at a time where the lgbtq community is already feeling terrified and it is sweeping legislation that has been passed different parts of the country. thank you for bringing us that interview. joining us, you can tell me if i got your name wrong.