A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
designed to create diverse student bodies at our countries colleges and universities. we re going to talk about why that ruling is so much better than just a college admission process. plus, the conservative-leaning court also presided president biden s debt forgiveness plan was unlawful, which means payments will default again soon. we are talking to biden s domestic policy chief about what the president can do to still give americans some form of relief for their student loan debt and much more. and when it comes to this idea of color blindness the conservatives want you to believe is their way of not seeing race as a factor in legislation or policymaking. well, i say they are lying. i ll explain why later this hour. i am symone sanders-townsend, folks, live from new orleans, today. hey essence. and i have got something to say. elections have consequences, and supreme court rulings have ramifications. millions of americans will soon feel the consequences of this n
supreme court, that donald trump is constitutionally disqualified from being on the ballot in the ste primary. the opinion pulls no punches. quote, president trump incited and encouraged the use of violence and lawless action to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. the tenor of president trump s messages to hisupporters in exshorting him to had an option to fight back. the cavalry was coming to find. here s where the colorado state supreme court went further, reversing the lower court s finding that donald trump doesn t qualify as a, quote, ofce under section 3 of the 14th amendment. section 3 of the 14th amendment is a civil war era amendment to the united states taken an eat from various state and offices. it rules that the founding officers backed that up, writing americans have referred to the president as an officer from the days of the founding fathers. this is seismic. this is unprecedented,nd this is very, very likely destined to go before the supreme court. no
there as far as we can tell at this time. that ll be where the where this white house is meant to determine, these are the things we ll yay john. but we feel very little responsibility to engage on these other issues, especially given what went down over the past four years of the trump administration. and the uniform stonewalling-able subpoenas. we re grateful were the story. we ll stay on as. well thank you for your time tonight. that does it for us. now it s time for the last word with my friend alicia menendez in for laura. hi nicolle, it s like the christmas present i forgot to ask for. i get to see you. happy new year. i feel like you come over, we could ve been in the basement together. like twins. have the best, nicolle. house committee investigating the attack on the capitol set dissolve next week with the start of a new congress. but not before releasing even more transcripts. a new batch of interviews interview today offers new insight into the weeks leadin
we all have so many people in this company that we depend on, and work with, and of formed lasting friendships with, michael young is just one of those people where this is the sweetest ghana, world any so good at what he does. i can t wish him anything but all the best. well good luck to you michael, and thank you very much rachel. there is so much news to get to tonight, five weeks into hours until election day, the justice department opened its case, the january 6th was a seditious conspiracy. the trump lawyers are trying to slow walk the documents stealing case. putin, losing in ukraine, a deadly hurricane, american democracy still under threat, and donald trump is still racist. we will get to all of that internees show. but, america got better today. history was made today, in an achievement 233 years in the making. the supreme court of the united states, began its new term with justice kennedy browned jackson on the bench. the first black woman to ever sit on amer