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affirmative action and college admissions calling the policy on constitutional decision came after a case was brought in front of harvard in the case of north carolina. our reporter has the details. >> a landmark decision from a bitterly divided supreme court, rejecting the use of race as we know it in college admissions, chief johnson -- to conclude programs at harvard and the university of north carolina violated the law, riding the schools unavoidably a cloyed race in a negative man...

now affecting millions of students and colleges across the country. justice clarence thomas, who has acknowledged affirmative action helped him, against the policy now, describing a colorblind constitution. justice ketanji brown jackson, the courts first black woman justice, calling the decision, quote, a tragedy for us all. saying deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. tonight, president biden again saying this is not a normal court, when asked a question today at...

court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today its undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as...

rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and thats what i meant by not normal. >> that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. well break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile were just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, well take a look how americans...

appreciated one of the guests you had on making this point about how they thought that the case of 303 creative would be narrowly defined. and i was in agreement with you that i hope that is the case because i think a lot of people have been looking at that and seeing it as opening the floodgates to possible discrimination against lgbtq members for whatever reason, you know, services, or free speech. but at the end of the day, it has created the lgbtq community or made them feel like s...

the last scheduled decision day of the term, we could finally get some answers on some massive undecided cases. rulings on affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, and lgbtq+ rights among others. decisions that could impact all of us, and they could come down at any minute, and we have a full lineup of guests and experts on this. i want to begin with nbc news correspondent julia ainsley whos standing by at the supreme court for us. julia, set the scene there, how might this go dow...

how they thought that the case of 303 creative would be narrowly defined. and i was in agreement with you that i hope that is the case because i think a lot of people have been looking at that and seeing it as opening the floodgates to possible discrimination against lgbtq members for whatever reason, you know, services, or free speech. but at the end of the day, it has created the lgbtq community or made them feel like second class citizens in this country. >> absolutely. i was also, ...

roe v. wade. take a look at the decision today. take a look at how its -- how its ruled on a number of issues that have been precedent for 50, 60 years sometimes. across the board, the vast majority of the american people dont agree with a lot of the decisions this court is making. >> thats president joe biden yesterday on msnbc, reacting to the supreme court overturning the use of affirmative action in college admissions. you know, willie, it was a fascinating interview. i have to say...

for the first time yesterday and was like, what? its been a while since the supreme court treated the constitution as anything but a paper towel for when biden. america banned slavery. here is an interesting fact that folks at reuters just dug up, i love reuters. powerful people in the u.s., supreme court justices, governors and legislatures descended from slave owners, including republican mitch mcconnell. id say he took one on the chin, we all know that is not possible. [laughter] >>...

for the first time and he was like whoa! true, its been a while since the supreme court treated the constitution as anything but a paper powell for when biden spills his ensure and the reason for the change is also the reason for tonights monologue. its been over 150 years since america banned slavery but heres an interesting fact that folks at reuters just dug up. i love reuters. a lot of powerful people descended from slave owners. that includes republicans, mitch mcconnell. i would ...