support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we ll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-conscious admissions will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body. kwoet quote teas, however, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several cases involve ing affirmative action over time. justice sandra day o connor wrote we expect 25 years from now the us
first official re-election campaign rally. cnn s priscilla alvarez is there. what has the president been focusing on for the first big re-election speech? reporter: well, the president has been focusing on his economic message. this is a crowd of unions you see behind me, the different signs and colored t-shirts all representing separate unions and all of which have endorsed president biden. and he is now speaking to all of them and has been for the last several minutes. and he also emphasized a critical endorsement from the afl-cio, and that is a union that had endorsed him early the first time and that s something that he has heralded while he s here, underscoring that he is what he calls the most pro-union president. that has received applause and enthusiasm from the hundreds of people behind me. that s been the theme of the message so far, that he s been pro-union, that he s added manufacturing jobs and made investments in clean energy, that inflation rates have gone do
juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race conscious administrations will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor in the administrations calculus, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body for everybody s benefit. quotas on the other hand, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several major cases involving affirmative action over the years. and one of those cases was in 2003, it was grutter versus bollinger, involved the
Support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we ll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-conscious admissions will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body. kwoet quote teas, however, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several cases involve ing
And resiliency in this community. i know that they are going to rebuild because they have the spirit and the drive and the determination that is needed for a community like this to rebuild from such an unprecedented amount of decimation. that was texas governor greg abbott speaking in the wake of that tornado in perryton, texas. of course we wish all the residents of perryton all the very best in their efforts to rebuild that town. thank you so much for joining me today. i m alex marquardt in for fredricka whitfield. smerconish starts right now. affirmative action on life support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third-ever federal holiday of