what to make of what the court has ruled. the first thing i thought, mercedes, if you re asking institutions like harvard and the university of north carolina to stick to new guidelines, how are you going to follow up on that? it s very interesting, neil. because this gives them some guide posts to them. it s critically important. students will set forth the basis why the diversity should be a consideration. justice roberts writes nothing in this decision should be construed as per prohibiting race through discrimination or otherwise, a benefit to student overcome racial information might be tied to that student s courage and determination. strength as an individual, not because of race what he says this is not an edict against
stands for. so interesting to hear them say this. the court is the last word unless congress makes a change. you go through that litigation as well. just remember, a few weeks ago that the house passed measures condemning some of what the president has done recently with higher ed and student loan. we ll wait for that case tomorrow. not clear that he can count on them for something like this a difficult issue as well. we also have lawmakers stepping up this afternoon in the wake of this messaging saying it is time to add seats to the court. they re unhappy with this decision from the left. they say they re going to push for various legislation that would expand the court or do other thing that would change it. they referred to it as a maga court, an ultra conservative court. days ago, many on the left were praising the court with legislative districts and voting rights. yeah, redistricting in the carolinas. it depends on the decision. thanks, shannon. mercedes colwin, criminal defe
decision. he said students must be based on his or her individual experiences, not on the basis of race. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the up to stone of challenges bested schools built or lessoned learned but the color of their skin. he says that is not going to work with our constitution as we know and understand it. and it doesn t do us service to students of other races. in this case, asian american applicants that said that they were being passed over with perfect test scores and fantastic gpas because of their race. president biden says that there s more to the story. he s upset. the biden administration had argued in favor of harvard and u.n.c., the policies continuing this. not surprising that he had the reaction that he did. he adds this in speaking about it today. we cannot let this decision be the last word. i want to emphasize, we cannot let this decision be the last word. the court can render a d