A diversifying nation. on affirmative action, decades of transformative tools for underrepresented, specifically black kids seeking a higher education. the court left them to their own devices. on president biden s plan to apply a modest relief to suffering student borrowers, the court ruled that the administration had overstepped its bounds. and on lgbtq rights, the court insisted that the right to deny business on religious grounds can be protected as freedom of speech. president biden yesterday after days of responding to these judicial attacks on social progress, laid the blame for this week s decision at the feet of conservative lawmakers and the justices they nominated. let me be clear. republicans in congress, it s not about reducing the deficit.
Dissenters noted in this decision, colleges and universities have the same interests in cultivating diverse leaders who are prepared to lead diverse workforce is. colleges and universities no less than the military academies have programs that sent individuals onto leadership or officer training programs in the military. and so if those needs are so acute in the military academy context, they would also be acute in the college and university context. for those reasons as well. and the majority didn t have anything to say to respond to those claims. not a president biden it was blocked by yesterday s high court decision. again, a 6 to 3 ruling with every conservative justice voting against it. biden in response, yesterday, announced several measures to work around the impediment. enabling the secretary of education to compromise, wade, or release loans under certain
This series of rulings? are they more energized, or demoralized, michael? that s an interesting question. when you first say that, i do agree with doug brandon in terms of this particular supreme court that acts like a as it relates to the election and black voters, it would be very easy for those people to feel despair as it relates to their engagement in politics and whether they should actually care. but i think this is a perfect opportunity for all of us to stand up and be more engaged, because elections matter. and if we re going to turn this court around, we all have to be engaged. it s gotta be a whole all hands on deck effort. and so our engagement in 2024 is needed now more than ever. that s how we got this court in the first place. some of us did not vote, and others did. but susan, the dobbs decision looms large in the 2022 midterms, and many analysts
The culminating watch on washington. among the decisions this week that i actually applauded, another 63 decision. but this one not split along ideological lines. ruling of that state legislators power to control congressional was still subject to state courts and constitutions. voiding of fringe legal theory that state legislatures had an independent role in regulating federal elections. as a federal lawmaker and an election cycle, what kind of danger was the country facing in this decision had it gone the other way? the independent state legislator theory was something that literally was an attack on our democracy. it would have uprooted our ability to have consistent federal elections, and well the court did uphold the law, they didn t do anything to expand
Protections under the law. and reverend sharpton, you know the congressional black caucus and leaders including yourself are working hard to get the reauthorization of the voting rights act passed. this is the first time in 40 years republicans have not worked with democrats to do that. we were also pleased with the decision that the court made to uphold section two of the voting rights act, to ensure that there is equal representation in states like alabama, louisiana where we are today, georgia, to make sure that places that have high percentages of black voters also have the ability and the opportunity to elect those individuals to federal office and congress. now, i talked with president biden at 30 rockefeller center in new york for about 15 to 20 minutes earlier this week. and i mean, he was concerned about the high courts decisions that we correctly feared we re about to come down the very
From your fellow black leaders and influencers about the supreme court decisions? because i almost feel what you re announcing tonight when we go out there is all more necessary based on this decision. but what have you been hearing? i mean, what i ve been hearing is a reflection of what the vice president has been saying. this is a reminder to all of us that we have an activist supreme court, and that court is denying our history. that s what this is. you know, black americans especially need to recognize that we are moving backwards. we have a court that is stripping away our fundamental principles and denying our history. you know, the global black economic forum is a place for black leaders and other leaders who are supporting issues that affect black and brown people, not to just discuss social and economic justice, but also to build partnerships into strategize and make real progress. so as we see these decisions
That decision is under additional scrutiny, given that the web developer was never actually approached by a same-sex couple to provide such services. it appears the goal was to preemptively invalidate colorado s state law, then in discrimination by businesses over sexual orientation. 24 other states, half the nation, have similar laws. what does this mean for them now? i think it s really important that you talked about the fact that this is a hypothetical dispute. and constitutional law, everyone who learns constitutional law knows the first thing a court has to determine whether or not it has jurisdiction to read you a case. and typically under article three of our constitution, federal courts are not allowed to hear cases that are not actual controversies. that is, are not actual disputes where an individual has been injured. as you say, lori smith, the website to find her here, was never approached by a same-sex couple to provide services for
Race cannot even be a deciding factor among the other things that are still there. and, when you look at the implications of this decision, yes. you can talk about what a black being black help you to develop your character and develop whatever, but the decision cannot include that you dealt with the basis of that race. so you can say i could feel good about it or bought about it, but i can t say at the end. so it really neutralizes it. the ruling applies to raced-based affirmative action, but does not address legacy admissions, which tend to mostly benefit white students. the ruling also allows race based affirmative action to continue at the military academies. because of what the court calls potentially distinct interests. what do you make of these contradictions? is there a possibility of a
Her than she is? in terms of what is in her best interest, the best interest of her family. especially when we consider that the majority of women who receive abortion care are mothers. and when they re making that decision about what is in their best interest, it takes into account usually so many people beyond herself. and deciding what is best. yeah. so but it truly was the decision when it came down to amanda s point, was really about the creation of a health care crisis in america. indeed. because it is not only about abortion care. it is about access to reproductive care, access to doctors, access to ob/gyns. the data shows us in a state like texas, ob/gyns are only in half the counties. they re only in half the counties. you re getting an amen from
About what that means. it means that so-called leaders are saying that after an individual has experienced such a crime of violence, a violation to their body, and surviving that, that these so-called leaders would say to that same person, and the next decision you make about your body is not yours either. that s immoral. that s immoral. to take away her ability to decide what happens to her body next. and so when i think about what is happening with these proponents of this approach, you know, i think that if i think one attribute of true leadership is to have some sense of