A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. hi, katie. thanks, nicole. i think extraordinary is an understatement these days, but thank you, i appreciate it. have a good show. thanks. and welcome to the beat, i m katie phang in for ari melber. the supreme court today handing down a win for donald trump in his federal insurrection case. a consequential decision that will affect presidential power for years to come, ruling that trump has immunity for some of his official conduct as president but not for private, unofficial acts. here s how that played out. the high court has just issued one of its most consequential rulings in decades. the president has absolute immunity for core constitutional powers, however, not for unofficial acts. five alarm fire. supreme court has decreed him a king. how the justices rule could well define the parameters