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That. well see it play out. but again, it is the idea are we a society that forces equality before the merits of a persons qualifications? >> sandra: many in business will agree with that, david. it has been interesting to see the slow pace at which women have been becoming members of publicly traded companies on the boards. >> look. there are very good arguments for voluntary affirmative action programs. when it is mandated by politicians it always starts out small like taxation. taxes always s...

Supreme court affirmed that colleges and universities do have the right to use race in determining as one factor if you will in determines whether or not a student might be admitted. to your point about the importance of the supreme court nomination, that may be something people want to consider. also, let me mention very quickly, that this comes on the heels after asian-american students at harvard university have filed a lawsuit claiming that race has been used against them in terms of their a...

About their medical conditions. elections have consequences. so, what can we expect if president trump gets another conservative justice on the court? there will likely be more cases of business owners claiming religious freedom to refuse to serve gay people. the court can be more likely to rejessica challenges to the death penalty. and campus affirmative action programs could be on the chopping block. that may very well be where america is headed right now. just last night on this show, we nail...

Another conservative trump pick going forward? >> oh, sure, you could pick really big hot button issues. for example justice kennedy joins several opinions as pete story mentioned upholding the core of row v wade. its highly unlikely that it would overrule row formally. another example is that justice kennedy joined the majority in upholding the ability of states to have affirmative action programs in higher education. another more conservative vote would be very likely to reverse that decision ...

Were taken away or lost, is it still necessary to keep the doors open? >> i think here is the challenge. if your president now is questioning hbcus constitutionality, funding for hbcus constitutionality, what are they going to challenge next? weve seen the affirmative action programs in varying states be hit hard. so if there is no affirmative action, people will return to these schools. if they close their doors, there is nowhere to go. >> the label hbcu makes you think that theyre monolithic, ...

Civilization versus eastern anymore. we are a country for everyone, a country where people are respected for who they are and where everyone has an opportunity and thats what the republican party needs to stand for. >> richard, do you think it is enough for the numerous, if not overwhelmingly majority of republicans right now in elected office who are distancing themselves from the trump administration, is that enough to, as you say, save the republican party from going the way of the wigs? >> t...

Internation internet to arrange marches like this. its a terrorist movement, a racist movement. its a serious threat to our democracy, to our national security, and the white house doesnt recognize that and then people who were with the alt-right or inside the white house, we do not trust the justice department. were going to have to rely on our own state government to protect ourselves, and i can tell you that the alt-right people and the bannonites come to minnesota were going to have our gove...

>> shannon: the white house pushing back strongly against the "the new york times" in a story that the justice department would be going after affirmative action programs as university and the implication was to uncover bias against white students. the doj and white house say the times got it wrong. this is about a group of asia american students in a complaint filed in 2015 under president obama. to talk about it matt schlapp. jessica tarlov and senior director of research and co-author of a ne...

Friends in the press and then get the administration to put the brakes on and say we werent going to do that. i hope the department of justice doesnt overreact with this story and stop this very reasonable attempt, if theyre doing it, to scrutinize affirmative action programs and make sure these programs arent actually discriminating against americans. >> shannon: something we have from the justice department. the posting sought volunteers to investigate one administrative complaint filed by asi...

>> just last year, in june of 2016, the supreme court, for the third time in 40 years, validated the use of race in college admissions. it basically validated the use of affirmative action programs to promote and expand democracy in our institutions of higher learning. it was a 4-3 decision it was written by justice kennedy, a justice on the fence on this issue in the past, but who spoke out quite strongly and clearly in 2016 saying this is precisely what our nation requires for equality and dig...