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most of the year. [laughter] pete: yeah. and the groundhog did the see its shadow, so its lots more winter -- rachel: i love wisconsin, but i love it even more in the summer. its the most beautiful place in the world in the summer. pete: the most beautiful place in the world in the summer? rachel: my little cabin on the lake is a little slice of heaven. if youve been there -- will: take that, hawaii. [laughter] rachel: yeah -- pete: take that, caribbean. hayward, wisconsin. rachel: yea...

Continuing. to react, carol swain and leo terrell. thank you both for being with us. dr. swain, do you think -- looking at both university of texas and unc, you know, im always skeptical to ever celebrate a victory on these things, because a lot of it seems to be often window dressing. but are these victories in moving towards a less race-conscious policy in higher education? >> i think theyre moving towards compliance with that federal civil rights laws and the constitutions equal protection cl...

Biden, they expect that he is going to make those judgments, it is not up to mitch mcconnell and republicans to decide who will be on the supreme court, and we know, if they denied merrick garland a hearing, they have politicized this process, they weaponized the supreme court, and now theyre saying it out loud. that if they win the midterms, they are not going to allow the president to make appointments to the supreme court. that should be disturbing to every single person in this country. >> c...

I think if they do that, the american people will hold them accountable at the midterms and then in 2024 because the american people elected joe biden. they expect he will make those judgments. it is not uch to mitch mcconnell and the republicans to decide who will be on the supreme court. they have politicized this process. they have weapons the supreme court. now theyre saying that outloud that if they win the midterms they are not going to allow the president to make appointments to the supre...

Separate law, does ban discrimination against transgender people in employment. and the biden administration has said that same logic applies to title 9 but the supreme court didnt enter into the fray on that. >> pete, real quick, there was another news making moment today, if you will. the supreme court justice clarence thomas stating that federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary. what prompted these remarks? what might their significance be? >> reporter: well, he chimed in and...

Wouldnt visit the white house if the u.s. won the tournament. the world cup -- tied for the most of any players the u.s. plays england in the semifinals tuesday. california is set to become the first state to ban discrimination. curbing the form of rishl discrimination. proponents of the measure say hair has been used to single out minorities at schools and the workplace, the governor expected to sign the bill into law. a federal judge has blocked the president from using millions of dollars to ...

Taken on this with one exception, there was a federal appeals court thats now ruled that will, yes, it does provide -- it does block discrimination against people because of sex. so it is a new position for the justice department, consistent with what some federal courts of appeal have said. but it also puts the justice department at odds with the equal employment opportunities commission which has intervened in this case to say, yes, the civil rights act does ban discrimination against gay peop...

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