diaz-balart. we begin with a decision from the u.s. supreme court that will have huge implications for colleges and universities and society in general. last hour the justices said schools cannot use race as a consideration when it comes to admitting students. ruling that affirmative action programs both at harvard and the university of north carolina are unconstitutional. it is also a decision that could have implications far beyond education. with us now to take a closer look at this, we have nbc news correspondent julia ainsley, who is outside the supreme court, we have reverend al sharpton there in the center of the screen, president of the national action network and host of politics nation on msnbc, as well as maya riley, president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. welcome to you all on this extraordinary news day. julia, what more did the justices have to say in their decision? reporter: well, in short, they have ended affirmative action as we
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right now from the supreme court this morning. retired associate justice of the supreme court sandra day o connor has died at the age of 93. she is a trailblazer in so many ways. she was the first female member of the supreme court. our ken dilanian is joining us right now with more. ken, what do we know? we are just getting right now a statement from the supreme court announcing her death. the first woman ever appointed to the court, appointed by ronald reagan. the statement said that she died of complications related to advanced dementia, probably alzheimer s, and a respiratory illness. again, she was 93 years old. justice o connor was appointed to the court by president reagan in 1981, and she retired in 2006 after serving more than 24 years on the court. she s survived by her three sons, six grand children, chief justice john roberts said the following about justice o connor in this statement from the court. a daughter of the american southwest, sandra day o connor blaz
everyone must understand, which there is a way in which we can and still take into account that students of color face all kinds of barriers that frankly are unfair, are systemic to reverend al sharpton s point and can be taken into account and should be. what i will also say is the record really does not support the court s finding and i will say i don t agree with the statement that this is not a form of overruling of prior precedent. 40 years of precedent, including in the michigan case, in sandra day o connor s opinion, said that, yes, there is a compelling interest in having a diverse campus. what harvard did, by the way, is have a process by which it was taking the whole student into account and everything from academics, extracurriculars, all kinds of factors, but let me tell you one of the things that