want to mess. all of that and more is coming up. in the good sunday morning to. you i am katie phang. as the saying goes, those who don t know history are destined to repeat. it s now this juncture after this conservative super majority on the supreme court got affirmative action in higher education instruct down where is it biden s plan to forgive more than 400 billion dollars in student debt, i think it is time that we talk about how those two things have been leaked for decades. higher education in america did not always come with such a hefty price tag. in fact through the 1950s it was largely free and treated as a public goods. why? because graduates used their education towards the betterment of society. that all changed in the 1960s when anti-war and civil rights students activism hit college campuses and universities. and those colleges and universities responded by developing of hidden action policies to diversify their overall on the right student body. southern cal
ironic it is that your the justice says when they re nominate and they re going through the confirmation process, they say we don t like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. that s a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to at-home for joining us tonight. alex has the night off. i m filling in for her this evening. but we begin tonight with the supreme court. and his name was jerome rebels he was born in 1827 he was a minister in the amy church. he served as a chaplain for the army for the american civil war. and in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislator to the united states senate believe it or not. the firs
philadelphia do prepare to give an update any moment now. we ll go straight to that. also this hour, extreme weather in reeking havoc on picnics and parades as blistering heat and thunderstorms leave millions under a severe weather watch. we ll have the latest weather forecast of what you can expect today and on this busy holiday, about 15,000 hotel workers in southern california walked off their jobs further complicating travel plans. we ll explain why they re hitting the picket line. we ll start with the mass shootings that left two u.s. cities reeling with eight people killed. fort worth texas, three are dead and more than a dozen injured while in philadelphia, five were killed and two injured after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on a street. any moment, we re expecting an update from philadelphia s mayor. this is the live picture at the microphone. we re watching that. when it does happen and the police commissioner joins the mayor, we ll take you there
ruled us back decades. raising the stakes for the 2024 race. speaking of, we take a look tonight at the new laws now in effect in florida. governor desantis going for the rights on immigration, abortion, and the second amendment. plus, pressure campaigns and presidential immunity. donald trump s mountain of legal troubles growing higher as a judge shoots down his latest attempt at revenge against e. jean carroll. and the walk back. house speaker mccarthy saying my bed, after daring to doubt the trump can win again. this is american voices. we begin this hour with your rights. the supreme courts and a are hell-bent on rolling back years of precedent and progress. this week, the court s conservative supermajority ended affirmative action in college admissions. in a 63 decision, the court struck a blow to lgbtq+ rights, siding with a website designer who refused to create websites for same-sex couples. it also ruled in favor of a jim crow era law to keep black americans from v