and i think that across the board, the vast majority of the american people don t agree with a lot of the decisions the courts are making. president biden in an exclusive interview with my colleague, nicolle wallace, responding to today s very predictable supreme court decision on affirmative action. and that is where we begin tonight, with the united states supreme court once again turning the arc of justice away from equality and back to the early 20th century. striking down the use of affirmative action in college admissions. the roberts court, which wouldn t even look like the court it is today without affirmative action, decided that race conscious admissions programs at harvard university and the university of north carolina violate equal protection under the constitution. it is fitting then that it would be the court s first black woman justice, ketanji brown jackson, who clearly articulated the cost of this latest regression. writing in her dissent, with let them
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legal system, and politics. she noted today s decision further entrenches racial inequality. the court ignores the dangerous consequences of an america where its leadership does not reflect the diversity of the people. the congressional black, asian, and pacific american and hispanic caucuses released a joint statement writing, quote, today s decision deals a needless blow to america s promise of equal and fair opportunity. and joining me now is congressman judy chu of california, chair of the congressional asian pacific american caucus, steve horseford of america, and congressman theresa fernandez of new mexico. thank you all for being here. i want to get all of your reactions to the ruling, but representative chu, i want to start with you. i feel like one of the things john roberts did in his decision and that the other conservatives who are excited about the
consequences affecting real people. and what i ve done to help kind of draw that picture, i ve introduced a bill to to enact a six-month moratorium on mortgage foreclosures for people who were booted off of long-term unemployment. people who were already paid up on their mortgages before they got kicked off of long-term unemployment. but, you know, it s one thing to lose your job. but to lose your house, as well is catastrophic for an american family. oh, absolutely. and i can tell you, i have 63 democratic co sponsors already on my bill. and we re coupling that with a letter to mel watt, the director of the federal housing finance agency to ask him to could do that administratively, grant a six-month moratorium on mortgage foreclosure activity. you just finished a story about las vegas. my good friend, steve horseford, the congressman from las vegas, america s foreclosure capital,
i don t have to make a decision until next friday so i have plenty of time. do you have a comment on the bill? i don t. i don t. i need to explore it. shops against that bill taking matters into their own hands. rocco s little chicago pits zer residential rea, we reserve the rise to not serve arizona legislators. the nation of islam leader harpooned the u.s. judicial system. he says it s biased. a commentary who delivers, steve horseford wants to connect with his constituents. he went undercover as a ups driver in las vegas. they caught him in the act there. he told them it s easy to lose touch in washington so he wanted to gain a from-the-ground perspective of a worker in his district. that s your morning dish of scrambled politics.