Those of my generation, those born in mid twentieth century, and coming of age in the 1960s, notice a dangerous pattern of social and political attitudes, a resurgence of things
your ship has come n. why do you think it s so significant? two reasons. when i was in the white house about 20 years ago, i are remember writing the speeches naming john roberts to the court, then elevating him to to chief. to me, this is his finest hour. the opinion was a model of clarity with previous supreme court which previous supreme courts didn t have and constitutional principle. and boiled down, it says you can t judge individuals by what groups they long to the they belong to and that the 14th amendment which was passed after the civil war partly to make up for the defects of slavery in the constitution, mane means what it s means what it says. all americans have equal rights. so i think it s a welcome thing. the supreme court has taken up this before starting with alan bakke, then going through texas and greeter. it s grutter.
to be clarifying reasons, but i think roberts was putting them on warning. i think two other things worth noting. the asian-americans, back when bakke was decided in 1978, the assumption of affirmative action was white and black america. it became complicated when asians, another racial minority who had experienced a lot of discrimination in america, chinese exclusion acts, internment, they kind of gave the lie to less view this is minorities versus whites. and i think they forced the issue. second, the affirmative action as used in college is very unpopular. look at the referenda and the polls. paul: right. in california and washington. the voters in those blue states rejected it. when we come back, the supreme court struck down the biden administration s plan to forgive a portion of federal student loans. what that decision means for
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