admissions. it is a complete misnomer to suggest this is about color brined blind when in fact it is about being blind to history. tonight, the ruling, the powerful descent, and how clarence thomas finally won his long battle against affirmative action. n hi long did you give your degree back again? yale does not recognize me. [laughter] as the special counsel ramps up on the january 6th investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedents, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions a
investigation that is what jack smith is going in for, absolutely, this is it, this is the big show. what we are learning today about new subpoenas in the documents case. i get everything right and they indicted me. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today in a landmark ruling that overturns decades of precedent, sweeping aside generations of arguments about racial justice and equality, the supreme court in a 6 to 3 decision, six conservatives to three liberals, effectively got rid of the use of race in college admissions at all, even for the purposes of increasing diversity. in the wake of the decisions, many colleges and universities immediately sent letters to students and alumni outlining how they are going to operate going forward. one such school was the college of the holy cross in massachusetts, which is notable, because that is the alma mater of justice clarence thomas, whose decades long project to destroy
this evening, president biden this evening, president biden is at camp david,■ç calling to nbc news reporting that he s discussing the future of his presidential campaign with family members. the president has come under fire for his feeble performance at last week s debate, several newspapers and the editorial boards have called for him to step aside. so far, most democratic lawmakers have kept their criticisms private. meantime, the conservative dominated supreme court is set to wrap up it s a controversial term tomorrow morning with a ruling on of the sessions most consequential s cases, they will determine whether or not former president trump enjoys constitutional immunity.■ç at a time when he s already been convicted of 34 felonies in new york, and is still facing three more criminal cases. republicans have vowed to stand by their candidate regardless of the extent of his legal liabilities, joining me now is democratic congresswoman mckayla williams from georgia.
That deposition, which you can get online, he basically pleads the fifth. did you talk to fake electors? did trump electors? fifth, fifth, fifth. he is now cooperating. with prosecutors from special counsel jack smith s team in the ongoing criminal probe. that s according to two sources talking to zachary cohen. what do you think? that it s totally plausible. it s so different to be dealing with the department of justice and dealing with a congressional committee. the congressional committee cannot bring charges. they cannot charge you with a crime. the department of justice, even though both have the immunity power, the department of justice is the one decides how that is used, for the most part. and the committee here, unlike in the watergate investigation, this committee is has really held back. jarry six committee never used its immunity powers. it really deferred to the department of justice, which is a smart move because
it s totally plausible. it s so different to be dealing with the department of justice and dealing with a congressional committee. the congressional committee cannot bring charges. they cannot charge you with a crime. the department of justice, even though both have immunity power, the department of justice is the one that decides how that is used, for the most part. and the committee here, unlike in the watergate investigation, this committee has really held back. the january sixth committee never used its immunity powers. it really deferred to the department of justice, which is a smart move because iran contra yes, exactly, that was a huge problem. he had problems too with people being granted immunity. that s exactly right. so they have either worked out a deal with him because he s pleading guilty to something,