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Chicago facility. it isnt the first for the cook county jail. more than 400 employees called out sick for mothers day last year. and this week we honor our brave police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice. thousand of officers across the country holding a candlelight vigil in washington marking national ng ate week. half-staff. 49 officers have died in the line of duty this year. steve: meanwhile no secret college campus more liberal than ever. should we bring back the affirmative action st...

So i read bernie goldberg what about ideological diversity? what about a conservative point of view at the "new york times." wheres the diversity on that? so bernie, where is it? >> its not in the "new york times" newsroom by and large. its not in most american numerous. listen, i think skin-deep diversity is important because there is a better chance that you, juan williams, will understand stories involving black culture and have more access to black communities than i would. i understand that...

So i read bernie goldberg what about ideological diversity? what about a conservative point of view at the "new york times." wheres the diversity on that? so bernie, where is it? >> its not in the "new york times" newsroom by and large. its not in most american numerous. listen, i think skin-deep diversity is important because there is a better chance that you, juan williams, will understand stories involving black culture and have more access to black communities than i would. i understand that...

If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. its what you do. turning to some developing news right now. the audio recordings of oral arguments in a pivotal affirmative action case at the supreme court earlier this week, those tapes were just released. it is our first chance to hear exactly what justice antonin scalia said that caused such an uproar. our team is covering every angle of this story with the legal and political analysis. we start with nbc new...

From the nine justices here. not having to do with the three rulings expected today, but they have expected to take up affirmative action in college admissions in the next term. the case will be heard then. that begins in the fall. the court has agreed to rehear a challenge to the affirmative action program at the university of texas at austin which used race as a plus factor here to achieve more diverse campus after first admitting the first top ten percent of graduates from high school. the bi...

Right decision in places like syria and places like ukraine. >> gloria borger, thanks very much. up next, new legal window allows lawsuits by flight 370 family members. could it force the release new information? and the u.s. supreme court deals a blow to the affirmative action program at universities. across america, people like basketball hall of famer

Whole. they used affirmative action as a plus factor in admitting the rest of the class which could be up to 25% of the incoming freshman class. what supreme court said its casting a very gymlet eye on the practice saying you have to be careful when you use affirmative action sending it back to the court of appeals to take another look at this. in other words, raising the bar for the university of texas to try to justice its affirmative action program. its a bit of a warning to other colleges na...

That the legal standard here is a very narrow one. to use a -- to use a term in the law, strict scrutiny. that means that a program that makes a distinction based on race is presumed to be unconstitutional, unless the government in this case the university, a public university, can show a good reason why its needed and that its narrowly tailored to achieve very specific ends. so this doesnt say you cant have affirmative action. its hardly a broad endorsement of affirmative action. but it sends t...

Issued a concuring opinion in which he says that the earlier cases should be overruled. he wants to do something very broad, strike down all of affirmative action. the rest of the court doesnt want to do that. >> i want to bring in ken, a professor of constitutional law at nyu. is that how you see this? i understand that no one involved here, just come down, has had a chance to read the specifics of this. >> exactly. so i want to sound a few more cautionary notes with a caveat i havent looked at...

Apply the right text. foes of affirmative action say no, in repeating the law and placing special emphasis on race neutral alternatives, the court is setting a higher bar for schools to clear. opponents of affirmative action, martin, were hoping that the court would use this case to put an end to it. it clearly didnt. its not the kind of endorsement of affirmative action that the court handed down ten years ago in a case from the university of michigan. as a practical matter, the affirmative act...