feeding realtime information to the houthis as iranian-backed group target ships in the red sea in an attempt to disrupt shipping and military traffic. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. hour two here we go as the war wages in northern gaza despite calls for humanitarian pause. greg palcokk in tel aviv. down south in gaza some very rough battles as we will continue to pound various hamas targets today saying it has killed a top weapon smuggler for the group. they are zeroing in on the headquarters in the south and trying to finish off strongholds in the north where miltants have been holding on. despite widespread devastation, israel not altering its approach after yesterday s resolution in the un security council calling for humanitarian pause. that was toned down a bit after the u.s. go along with abstention, critics say it s not strong enough to get sufficient aid to gaza as houthi fighters continue attacks on international shipping in the red sea, we just go
i think it already has. john: like he never imagined. always great to see you. have a great weekend. jacqui: the supreme court is expected to make a decision on the case of a virginia high school and whetherhe equity-based admissions policies is discriminatory against asian americans. john: and freakout over elon musk s intent to buy twitter. wasn t it the same folks in favor of jeff bezos buying the washington post when he was the richest in the world? what is really behind the musk meltdown. welcome him as a shareholder but not a board member. something that so what does that mean like what twitter is doing and what it stands for.
Being hyperbolic and elizabeth, what do you say to that and, carrie, i will have you respond. i don t see anything hyperbolic to ensure protections for right to vote and including right to be free from racial discrimination are enforced and protected. that s what this case is about. we have seen the supreme court gut parts of the voting rights act, crown jewels to have civil rights law before and we hope that that will not be the case again. there s two laws at issue here but really what is at issue is whether or not the supreme court will preserve the right of the voting rights act that looks at whether laws that result in minority communities being unable to meaningfully and fully participate in the political process by using their vote of whether those laws will be struck down or not. and that s really what this case is about and we ve seen all of the attacks over and over on voting rights particularly the rights of people of color and native communities, particularly in arizona w
Minimum tax at a rate of at least 15%. ryan: jacqui, another aspect would see tech american companies like apple, google, pay taxes where they sell services and not have physical presence. that s been a big bone of contention with the united states and european allies for years. now, of course, jacqui, 7 countries agreeing in jacqui: looks like we lost ryan, but we got most, the jest of his report, thank you, ryan. all right. we want to move now to a busy month for the supreme court. the justices are going to issue rulings on 23 cases involving issues like free speech, religious liberty and health care and that s only naming a few. joining us to discuss
Constitutional accountability center president elizabeth and president judicial crisis network kerry saborino. great to be here. great to be here. jacqui: whether the affordable care act can survive without the mandate. democrats including president biden said during justice amy coney barrett could try to strike down aca that chief justice john roberts pushed it beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute. elizabeth, i will ask you first and carrie respond. can the aca stand if the law is struck down? the republican congress that zeroed out the individual mandate intended to have that and given that that s the case, the case should be an easy one for the supreme court even for those justices like perhaps justice amy coney barrett who opposed the aca more generally as a matter of principle but