he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
case after liberal justice brown jackson recused herself. all conservative justices siding with the majority. they decided both programs do violate the 14th amendment equal protection clause and therefore unlawful. shannon bream, chief legal correspondent is watching it for us. this is a big day. we look back 19 years ago. in 2003 justice sandra day o connor was the swing or deciding vote in what was a landmark supreme court case over race. perhaps the most divisive social, political and cultural issue in the country s history. fast forward to today. tell us about the conservative court majorities blocking colleges using race as part of the admissions process. this case came from a group of asian-american students part of the emphasis saying we re being harmed by the way the race is being used in admissions processes. justice gorsuch during the arguments about this policy said what are you supposed to tell asian american applicants who have coaches telling them try to hide
repercussions as 2024 candidates and the white house respond to the recent major supreme court decisions. we are moving forward with another pathway to debt relief. reporter: president biden racing to find new ways to erase student loan debt, a decision that candidate donald trump praised in south carolina saturday. they ruled against it, 100% against it, amazing. reporter: another controversial decision is stoking divisions over gay rights, the high court found that a colorado christian web designer has a free speech right to refuse to create gay wedding web sites. it s a real victory for religious liberty. reporter: it comes as trump s main rival, florida governor ron desantis is under fire for his campaign s new video posted on the last day of pride month. attacking trump for his past support of the lgbtq community. the video then features a sequence showing desantis hard line drag shows, transgender policy, interspersed with images of shirtless men and photos
captions by vitac www.vitac.com 800-710-0020. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening, the supreme court closes one door to debt relief for millions of student borrowers. president biden tries to open another. john berman here in for anderson. tonight the case that pits a chief executive against a chief justice in the string of big decisions this week including one today on lgbtq protections and the first amendment, now pitting some of the justices against one another. also tonight, a cnn exclusive, the shocking details from a report on sexual assault at the coast guard academy that went unreleased for years. plus a week after leading a failed rebellion that sent him into exile, where is wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin? and is russian intelligence now gunning for him? first tonight, president biden is vowing to work around a supreme court decision blocking his plan to forgive some $400 billion in student debt taken on by tens of millions of americans. thi
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