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he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our countrys history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way bac...

case after liberal justice brown jackson recused herself. all conservative justices siding with the majority. they decided both programs do violate the 14th amendment equal protection clause and therefore unlawful. shannon bream, chief legal correspondent is watching it for us. this is a big day. we look back 19 years ago. in 2003 justice sandra day oconnor was the swing or deciding vote in what was a landmark supreme court case over race. perhaps the most divisive social, political an...

im michael smerconish in philadelphia. the supreme court comprised by appoint east of former president donald trump ended a most consequential term. scotus on voting rights, affirmative action, student loans and adoption. this on top of last years rulings concerns abortion, guns, religion and climate change. yesterday, the court released a much anticipated opinion concerning speech and gay rights. at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples...

ironic it is that your -- the justice says when theyre nominate and theyre going through the confirmation process, they say we dont like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was -- like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. >> thats a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. >> exactly. great...

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, you know, glad to hear it presented in that way that perhaps, its a lot more -limited, and it can be inter...

come on. hypocrisy is stunning. you cant help a family making $75,000 a year, but you can help a millionaire and you have your debt forgiven? i believe the courts decision to strike down my student debt relief program was a mistake, was wrong. >> one of the most regressing supreme court terms in history comes to an ignominious end with blows to president bidens student debt plan, lgbtq protections, and affirmative action. also tonight, moms for liberty was designated an extremist group...

await todays opinion. shannon bream is standing by outside the court. hi, shannon. >> this is it, dana and bill. were down to the wire. we know the student loan cases are coming today and know the case on the colorado web designer the free speech issue is coming today as well. the question continues to be does it punted get to an issue of standing. they talked about whether these parties, the group of states, red states that brought the case and borrowers who brought a separate case th...

kindergarten, apartment or school, and a lot of people were killed. if that is the case, hell be indicted. he meant well. the missile went in the wrong direction, and other things. >> and other things. theres so much, willie, wrong with that. >> wait, what president? hes talking about obama. >> first of all, we have to get the -- well get to the hitler stuff in a second. >> okay. >> lets start, though, with -- >> ill make a chart. >> -- with the fact that donald trump is not well. we k...

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that weve seen before. president biden hurtling toward a rematch with former president trump. it could come down to guess what? five key battleground states. >> dana: they are nevada, arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania, and georgia. president biden won three of those by less than a single percent. republicans hope that low poll numbers will swing the states in their favor. >> martha: the party needs to elect its nominee. republican candidates converging on new hampshire ahead of the firs...