A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
Questions. But we begin with one very compelling congressional event. Gold star families demanding answers from the Biden Administration after and their loved ones were killed during the chaotic brawl in afgha afghanistan. The chief correspondent, Jonathan Hunt, is live with what happen. Good evening. Jonathan good evening. The family of those who died, that terrible day in kabul, 711 days ago, have been searching for answers ever since. They want to know how did that happen . Why did it happen. They feel the Biden Administration has failed to take responsibility for mistakes that allowed a Suicide Bomber to get close enough to marines and other Service Members regarding the airport. Instead, they say, their loved ones have been forgotten by the administration. Our leaders, including the secretary of defense and our commanderinchief, called this evacuation a success, as if there should be celebration. It is like a knife in the heart for our families, our lives, given incomplete reports
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