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sm mark rulings. here is chief legal correspondent and fox news sunday anchor. >> hands up. >> reporter: another day of decisions split, 6-3 showing deep divisions at the nations highest court. an opinion by chief justice john robert, the majority struck down the biden administration plan to wipe out $430 billion in student loan debt. we hope the act allows the education secretary to waive or mo modify existing provisions. not to rewrite the statute from the ground up. they argue the s...

at issue, a colorado business seeking permission not to work for same-sex wedding couples, only this time it wasnt the baker. that case was decided in 2018 when jack phillips refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. back then the court narrowly decided for the baker but didnt determine whether a business owners speech writes can justify refusing service to gay couples. well, five miles from the colorado baker is a graphic artist named lorie smith who will join me momentarily. s...

required her to create wedding websites for same sex couplew t now is similar to the colorado r baker who won a similar caseleft before the court in 2018. reactedthe left immediately red by making predictable claims about attacks on rights.even but thats not what its about. even s smith, the web designer, says this is not about choosing who to work with. its quote, about choosing the methods that im being asked to promote. white house press secretarylaimd karine jean-pierre complained ...

in for harris today on "the faulkner focus." john roberts writing in the majority opinion, this court has never drawn the line the secretary suggests and for good reason. among congresss most important authorities is its control of the purse. justice kagan with dissent writing the majority overrides the combined judgment of the legislative and executive branches with the consequence of eliminating loan forgiveness for 43 million americans. i respectfully dissent from that decision. whi...

who refuses to sell to gay marriage come in a blow to lgbtq rights. here are tonights headlines. ♪ ♪ a restriction to the power of the biden administration as the president condemns todays ruling. >> i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. todays decision has closed one path. now we are going to pursue another. ♪ ♪ >> a new record for the july 4th holiday. aaa is predicting that nearly 51 million of us in this country will be on the move. >> tsa and airline safety ex...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com 800-710-0020. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening, the supreme court closes one door to debt relief for millions of student borrowers. president biden tries to open another. john berman here in for anderson. tonight the case that pits a chief executive against a chief justice in the string of big decisions this week including one today on lgbtq protections and the first amendment, now pitting some of the justices against one anothe...

back their debt? president biden tweeting moments ago this, unthinkable. this fight isnt over. ill have more to announce when i address the nation this afternoon. and on the final day of pride, the court backed a web designer opposed to same-sex marriage saying the business owner has a free speech right under the constitutions first amendment to refuse to endorse messages she disagrees with. lorie smith the graphic designer just celebrated her win in our last hour. >> this is a victo...

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...

the authority to erase $400 billion in debt for 43 million americans without congressional approval. president biden now revealing an alternative plan with federal loan payments set to resume in october. republicans, including gop presidential candidates, quick to praise todays rulings. the justices also dealing a blow to lgbtq rights in america on the last day of pride month. the court setting the tone with its super majority. and another major case already on the docket for next term...

the president again. in 30 minutes, hell speak from the roosevelt room, explaining the white houses next steps because a lot could change with a ruling that sided with a web designer opposed to same-sex marriage. and a lot will change now that the president cannot constitutionally cancel student debt. joining me now nbc news correspondent julia ainsley whos outside of the supreme court for us, and nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli. noah pransky is here with us as well, and...