university of north carolina cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the equal protection clause. the majority not explicitly saying that there are overruling more than four decades of precedent that allowed affirmative action, but the three liberal justices writing that today, this court stands in the way and rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress. i m really most worried about the youth and the students younger than us in high school, middle school, elementary school who might not get the same opportunity i did. the two cases were brought by the group s students for fair admissions led by activist edward bloom, who is fought for nearly a decade to eradicate affirmative action. classifying students by race and ethnicity, treating them differently because of their race and ethnicity is unfair. at the forefront of the harvard fight, asian students who argued they were disadvantaged because harvard prioritized other minorities and used a personal rat
today, the conservative majority blocked president biden s student loan forgiveness program. the president fired back saying, the court, quote, misinterpreted the constitution and vowed to put forward another plan to help student borrowers. what will that look like? we ll ask former education secretary arne duncan. also today, the justices ruled in favor of a web designer who refused to create sites for same-sex weddings. there s a twist that make many think it might have been manufactured and that no gay couple asked for a website. now supporters of lgbtq rights fear the court will go further. a big week in the various trump investigations. remember back on monday when cnn obtained the audiotape of former president trump talking about those classified secret documents that he held on to, well, the week ends with members of trump s inner circle talking to investigators. we ll get the latest on where everything stands tonight. let s begin with the supreme court decisions o
fronts and a lot of people stuck in airports. which i think would be a huge problem because it s a big travel weekend and week and we re going to get into all that. breaking news, trump investigations, seems like a daily thing at this minute. we ll get to that. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday. hours from now, investigators are going to interview georgia secretary of state as part of this federal probe into 2020 election interference. cnn has learned that fierce trump ally rudy giuliani was recently interviewed by the feds in the same case. donald trump, this morning, with a new defense about the audio of him talking about those secret documents. a senior russian general reportedly knew about the plans to march on moscow and rebel against russia s leadership. now how much support yevgeny prigozhin may have garnered within the top ranks. gridlock plaguing the east coast as storms rip through the country. the faa implementing multiple grou
the supreme court, ruling 6- 3, today, to end affirmative action in college admissions. this is a decision being described is a generational shift that will alter the way that colleges and universities have operated for decades. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on today s landmark ruling. reporter: the supreme court s during a protest by getting affirmative action, citing colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process, but prospective students are still allowed to talk about how the race has shaped their experiences in their applications. b6-three opinion written by chief justice john roberts will now prohibit students from checking a box indicating their race, specifically saying the practice at harvard and university of north carolina cannot be reconciled with a guarantee from the equal protection clause. the majority not exquisitely saying they are overruling more than four decades of precedent which allowed affirmative
we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the war in ukraine. plus, republicans continue to veer toward an electoral cliff, backing former president trump despite his mounting legal challenges, even as many voters are deeply disturbed by his multiple indictments. perhaps that s why president biden is leading trump in a 2024 matchup. and a year after the supreme court stripped away abortion rights, the high court s approval rating is in the basement at just 31%. we re breaking down the new poll numbers just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, june 26th. joe is off this morning. we begin with this weekend s developing news out of russia, where the head of the mercenary group, wagner, launched the most direct challenge to vladimir putin s grip on power in his 19 years as president. it started on friday when yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of a private army, posted a video to social media. in it, h