and get healthier with golo. week, three major supreme court decisions with far-reaching consequences. one effectively scrapping affirmative action program. someone invalid-ing president biden s student loan debt relief plan. and one clearing the way for businesses, to refuse service to lgbtq plus america. i ll talk about that, how democrats should be fighting back and the politics of pennsylvania with the state s governor, josh shapiro. who s coming up. first, plus law professor and former clerk to judge sonia soda mayer, melissa murray will join us to talk about the impact of the supreme court decisions. and when it comes to the uncertainty now facing billions of college deviants and graduates, education secretary, miguel cardona will talk about the next steps for the biden administration. also ahead this hour, she s the first openly transgender person to ever be elected and serve in the state legislature. i sat down with virginia delegate, danika roem, for this week s week
hello, everyone, i m julian castro in for alicia menendez. as we begin a new hour, american rights at risk. a week of consequential rulings from the supreme court has rolled us back decades, raising the stakes for the 2024 race. speaking of, we take a look tonight at the new laws now in effect in florida. governor desantis going for the rights on immigration, abortion, and the second amendment. plus, pressure campaigns and presidential immunity. donald trump s mountain of legal troubles growing higher as a judge shoots down his latest attempt at revenge against e. jean carroll. and the walk back. house speaker mccarthy saying my bad, after daring to doubt the trump can win again. this is american voices. we begin this hour with your rights. the supreme court and a are and a republican party hell-bent on rolling back years of precedent and progress. this week, the court s conservative supermajority ended affirmative action in college admissions. in a 6-3 decision, th
disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they re racially diverse. we can t go backwards. you know, i know today s court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, politico s white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there s a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what s the fallout you re following here? you just heard from president biden express real dismay at the decision. he urged colleges to consider candidates backgrounds, races, ethnicities when it comes to institutions of higher learning. he was asked as he was leaving the room there after making his statement, he was asked by a reporter if this was a rogue court, meaning the supreme court, and he paused and
of ayman republican politicians know donald trump is a weak presidential candidate. the problem is they are just too afraid to admit it. then, new allegations of unethical behavior against ron desantis, could legal travel beyond the horizon? the gop s double standard on law and order, they want to protect their own while punishing their opponents. even when they have done nothing wrong. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. republican politicians are scared. there is no way to hide that. it s becoming the worst kept secret in washington d. c. that donald trump is an unnaturally weak presidential candidate. but, no one will actually say it. and if you do, well, that spontaneous moment of courage doesn t really last long. here for example is speaker kevin mccarthy on cnbc this week when he was asked about trump s strength as a candidate. do you think he could win an election? could he win an election? can you win that election? yeah you can. the question is, is the st
beliefs. another day of decisions split 6-3 showing deep divisions at the nation s highest court in an opinion by chief justice john roberts the majority struck down the biden administration s plan to wipe out $430 billion until student loan debt. quote, we hold today that the act allows the education secretary to wave or modify existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the education act. not to rewrite that statute from the ground up. the dissenters led by justice kagan argued the secretary did have that power. quote the statute read as written gives the secretary broad authority to relieve a national emergency s effect on borrowers abilities to repay their student loans. president biden who has repeatedly vowed to wipe out student loan debt while conceding he may not have authority blasted the court and promised to find other ways to benefit borrowers. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. in today s oth