decision. just a few days ago cbs news ran a pole asking americans about this very issue. 70% responded that colleges should not be allowed to use race in college admissions. a new york times poll recently found 60% of democrats also oppose race as a factor in admissions. americans across the country have rejected affirmative action at the ballot box too, even in blue state california. in the 2020 election democratic leaders in the state put affirmative action on the ballot. the pro- affirmative action activist, the governor, u.s. senators and the golden state warriors pushed voters to support the initiative. they out bid opponents of affirmative action by 19-1. in the end, nearly 60% of californians voted to kill affirmative action. it didn t work. no matter how hard the democratic party tries, no matter how much money they spend, the american people have rejected the view that we should be judged on our skin color. so if anyone is trying to hold on to the past like the demo
good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking news, affirmative action struck down. president biden as you just heard that finished speaking on the landmark supreme court decision and the potential long lasting consequences at colleges, universities, and students across this country. the court ruling on a pair of challenges to policies at harvard and unc, that the schools can no longer look at race during the admissions process. the vote was 6-3, and eddie glaude, reacting just after the decision about the lasting impact he says this will have on higher education. this was just one remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in american higher education. one remedy. here they have taken it away. we have a small percentage of black and brown students in elite institutions, that percentage will get even stronger. reactions are pouring in from students to members of congr
and there s no catch. it s fre. we make money from ads, but they don t follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. good morning, it s saturday, december 30th. and you re watching velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman junior, in from my friend ali velshi, and we have got a lot to talk about. we begin this hour with the very latest with the legal drama unfolding around the twice impeached, multiple indicted ex president donald trump, who also happens to be far and away at the front runner for the republican nomination for president once again. in addition to the 5 separate trials hughes pacing in 2024, donald trump has now been removed from the primary ballots in 2 states. colorado, as well as maine. both on the grounds that he is ineligible to run for office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. now, the trump campaign is calling both rulings election interference. and lawyers from
top supreme court now at the center of another presidential election. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. breaking tonight, the high court gets settled with the highest responsibility. not whether you can vote for donald trump is now subject of a fight that will end up before the nine justices of its conservative super majority. the colorado supreme court handing up a dramatic roll in tonight to disqualify former president trump from the ballot. the colorado court answered yes over 213 pages to question after question. yes, the january 6th storming of the capital was an insurrection. yes, donald trump engaged in that insurrection. yes, donald trump expected and wanted violence on that day. and yes, the courts have the authority to enforce the 14th amendment. yes again, section three of the 14th amendment does in fact applied to the presidency and arguing otherwise is, quote, flatly unfaithful to what the framers demanded. tonight, the
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