woman who disappeared last year. a suspect pinned an officer to the ground and trapped him in a head lock. more on those stories throughout the hour. check that out. first the u.s. supreme court in session right now with major cases still on the docket and possible decisions today as the court prepares to issue new rulings. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: hello, how are you doing? here we go. halftime? here we go, bill hemmer. good morning at home. 35 cases yet to be decided as we await today s opinions. big ones we re looking for. two cases on affirmative actions challenging school policies using race in deciding admissions in order to achieve the diverse student body and the other is workplace speech and first amendment whether or not a public accommodation law can be used to compel an artist to speak or stay silent. wow. the justices examining an election redistricting battle out of north carolina. a state court through out the congr
Pretended he wasn t going to. that s my point. biden all along, i will have no fingerprints on this, but then he goes behind the scenes and calls him what we said. judge jeanine: and we know that when donald trump s president, he didn t use the use the department of justice to go after his political enemies. not a once. harold: like they say in goodfellas , what s done is done. [laughter] judge jeanine: all right, head, reporting crime is now racist. democrats have found another way to destroy their cities.
Was fully required to do pretty much anything in the class. dana: it seems unbelievable. tyson, tell me a little about this case. you know, professors can t force students to fund their political ideology as a requirement for a required course. that s what happened here. the professor forced all the students to join this website called the rebellion and said that she wasn t going to they later find out she put a facebook post that said all proceeds, 100% would go to planned parenthood. there was a platform that michigan state has that they can do the exact same thing. they forced the students to pay $1 hundred and no benefit. no curriculum required or necessary for this website. the first amendment prohibits that. the government can t compel students to fund speech that they disagree with as a requirement for passing a course. dana: it is unbelievable this went on. a statement from the school so we can get it out there. the university does not comment on pending litigation.
Since the law known as don t ask, don t tell was repealed, allowing for,, and bisexual service members to serve openly, but as a cbs news investigationf the veterans who were forced out of the military, both before and after the policy, are still trying to regain their lost honor and claim benefits. here is cbs s jim axelrod. reporter: donnie ray allen waited a quarter-century to put up this picture. since the day he was less than honorably discharged from the marine corps. but i m actually finally ready to hang that little 17-year-old, hang him up on the wall, and actually give him credit for exactly what he did and what he went through. reporter: he wasn t going to, until he could say these words. so, right now, i am in honorably discharged united states marine corporal. reporter: two weeks ago, as we prepared to air our cbs news investigation, his discharge upgrade finally came through.