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rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and thats what i meant by not normal. >> that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. well break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile were just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, well take a look how americans...

roe v. wade. take a look at the decision today. take a look at how its -- how its ruled on a number of issues that have been precedent for 50, 60 years sometimes. across the board, the vast majority of the american people dont agree with a lot of the decisions this court is making. >> thats president joe biden yesterday on msnbc, reacting to the supreme court overturning the use of affirmative action in college admissions. you know, willie, it was a fascinating interview. i have to say...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request to hear a lawsuit that could have interrupted districts’ efforts to increase diversity at elite K-12 schools. Following last year’s decision ending race-conscious admissions in higher education, the move suggests the court is satisfied for now with the selection process at magnets, STEM schools and other […]

Since the beginning of his administration, President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $100 million to help schools become more integrated by race and family income. The proposal never received serious consideration from Congressional Republicans. But the Department of Education didn’t give up and won approval from lawmakers to apply a far more modest amount of […]

When the Supreme Court delivered its landmark ruling prohibiting the consideration of race in college admissions, Richard Kahlenberg was the rare liberal intellectual who celebrated. A prolific researcher at Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, Kahlenberg didn’t just welcome the end of affirmative action as we knew it — he served as an […]

Last week, I sat down and read the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, the landmark case that overturned many affirmative action policies at the nation’s elite universities. The case has generated significant outrage. The right was outraged that Harvard wants to use (and did use) race as a factor in its admissions […]

Universities can continue to target recruitment efforts at predominantly Black and Hispanic high schools even if race can’t be used as a factor in admissions, the Biden administration said in new guidance released Monday. The parsing is part of a package of materials responding to the June U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning affirmative action in […]

>> very exciting weekend. willie, very timely weekend, as well, given the news yesterday out of the supreme court. yeah, lets start this hour with those landmark decisions from the supreme court, ending race-based affirmative action in college admissions. the court ruled programs at the university of north carolina and at harvard violate the equal protection clause of the constitution. the schools were accused of giving substantial preferences to black and hispanic applicants while discriminat...

Of takes it back and says, "but colleges are not allowed to do, through essays, what we forbid them to do through other means." it is very unclear, how the court is going to react if colleges go to root. >> colleges left to grapple with all this. well come back. msnbc legal analyst joyce vance, thank you so much, as always. ahead on "morning joe," yesterdays ruling on affirmative action programs not the only major decision handed down by the supreme court yesterday. we will go over the high co...

Two quick observations about this ruling. number one, when we talk about harvard and unc and these very selective schools, were talking about choosing a freshman class from a huge pool of qualified applicants. harvard could assemble a perfectly fine, all white freshmen class or all asian freshmen class or all black freshmen class from the pool of qualified applicants. were not talking about giving a place at harvard to somebody who is not qualified to be there. thats one point. the second point ...