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School was wrong to punish her. A trump family rift. He is miffed at his soninlaw Jared Kushner over a book deal. Plus, a big meeting of cdc Vaccine Advisors tries to settle some big questions. Will we need Booster Shots and when, and is there a link between vaccines and Heart Problems in a small group of kids . We have been receiving reports from other countries of potential issues of myocarditis. Theres been this question as to whether its associated with these mrna vaccines and if it has, what the risk is. I think the data well see this afternoon at this meeting will overwhelmingly demonstrate that the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks. Up first, the Biden Administration at a crossroads. The president wants a big and bipartisan deal on infrastructure, but progressives in his own party are mad that the president and moderate Senate Democrats wont chuck the filibuster to make progress on another critical agenda item, Voting Rights. Here in the studio cnns jeff zeleny, rachel bade and britney shepherd of yahoo news. Happy wednesday to all of you. Jeff, let me start with you. What are you hearing from your sources at the white house about just how difficult it is right now and how critical this week and maybe even this day is to the biden agenda . These days are really very critical thanand theyre number. Time is running out for a bipartisan deal. The grumbling from capitol hill democrats is time is rubbing out. Theyre wasting time. The president still hopes that can be a deal. His team is up on capitol hill meeting with Speaker Pelosi and senator schumer. Its not entirely clear still how this plan is going to be paid for. The argument has been the same. There still seems to be enough energy to keep these conversations alive. The white house is a little more optimistic than i thought they would be. Because i think the president is still optimistic. This week will test something thats been pretty remarkable for the Biden Administration. Theyve kept democrats together. Will democrats Stay Together after all of this . Thats going to be pelosis huge task here. Right now its looking like no. That is just based on What Jamal Bowman A Progressive very outspoken democrat said on this program yesterday. I want to play what he said and also how the white house, jen psaki in particular, responded. Hes not absent, but he needs to be a lot more vocal and a lot more out front. Those words are a fight against the wrong opponent. He signed a historic Executive Action just several weeks ago that puts in place a number of protections to ensure that people have the ability to vote. I would say thats hardly being silent, thats Hard Hily Sittinn the back bench. He will be standing with advocates for this fight in the foreseeable future. He of course is the president , frustration that he is not more active. Yes, of course hes been active in infrastructure, but the question here is about Voting Rights, which didnt even get on the senate floor for debate yesterday because every republican voted no on proceeding to the bill. Hes certainly not absent, but he iss certainly quiet compared to his overt input on the infrastructure decisions. On Voting Rights, not so much. He has left that for the Senate Democratic caucus to work out its own Little Family differences. You see Vice President harris on the hill saying yesterday the fight is not over, try to energize the base. But there are serious concerns about what can actually happen. I think the focus is obviously going to look to potentially more Executive Actions, more actions by the justice department. But on the legislative front, it does seem over at this point. The problem for biden is that the bully pulpit only goes so far, particularly with very stubborn senators who are set in their ways about how the senate should function, what they are and are not willing to blow up to advance a Policy Measure such as Voting Rights. Senators joe manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have made it clear that they are not willing to do that and no one, including the president of the United States is not going to change their minds. When you talk to progressives outside the hill, theyre saying that fight hasnt even begun, that it takes only 5 minutes to walk from the oval to the brai y briefing room. Theres a lot on the president s plate, putin, immigration, gun rights. Theres a slew of things you can only cash so many poker chips on. Progressives are saying, we try to deal with republicans. They are against certifying the election in your name. If you believe theyre against democracy, why do you believe they are faithful negotiators . Thats the frustration on the hill and otherwise. Republican states are still passing these restrictive Voting Rights laws and democrats are pulling their hair out saying, well, who cares about joe manchin, please come to these states and help us or no ones going to be able to vote and this narrow majority in the midterms will just go. Its like they wanted to see the effort. They wanted to see President Biden go up to the bully pulpit, go to the microphone and talk about this more, bring democratic legislatures from across the country to washington to do some sort of big event, some sort of big focus on Voting Rights. The issue that the democrats have is that they made Voting Rights, s1 and hr1, theyre talking about the end of democracy, theyre saying this is a top priority. And yet there was clearly a lack of action from the white house to even just try to move public sentiment to put that pressure on the senators to get something done. Activists want to see more. I want to play something that jim clyburn, who is not in the senate so he doesnt get to vote or have a key voice on filibuster, but because he is a member of the house leadership, what he has been saying about it is quite interesting. Im going to play what he said. I have never asked that the filibuster be eliminated. I do believe we ought to do it for constitutional issues what weve done with the budget. We ought to use reconciliation, demand democratic principles and move forward with our pursuit of a more perfect union. This is note worthy. This is where the conversation is happening now. The Voting Rights bill, hr1, s1, theyre dead right now. Do you think those kinds of conversations, getting out, having Kamala Harris do what she was assigned to do, which is go and get public support, is going to have any effect on joe manchin, Kiryrsten Sinema Sayin were not going to get rid of the filibuster no matter what . Its hard for me to believe it would. We started talking about infrastructure. Thats connected to this. I believe, talking to sources, that is why President Biden has been a little bit more restrained and not calling out some republicans by name. He still wants to get a deal on something. I think that is why hes been a little bit more muted in his response on this. Im a little skeptical that even summers of rallies can change minds of Senators Manchin and sinema. What you said is so important about how it is all connected. Youre seeing infrastructure still going on two tracks. You have the bipartisan negotiations about the traditional infrastructure, roads, bridges, things like that, and then you have Bernie Sanders whos the Budget Chair Working on a very big package which hes hoping to get through with democrats only. Progressives are saying were going to protest some of them, were not going to even support the bipartisan bill unless you, leadership, you, mr. President , promise us to get more involved on these other issues which they consider existential to democracy, meaning Voting Rights. Right. Thats the leverage we have. Right now in the senate theres no margin for error among democrats. Theres also very little margin for error in the house. Its been progressives in the house Democratic Caucus who have been more willing to protest against their leadership to get Policy Measures they want. They know they have the leverage. I think youre going to see Democratic Leaders shift focus towards picking up more seats in the 2022 elections, because the more democrats who support eliminating the filibuster in the senate, the more likely that is. But that obviously isnt going to come enough for a lot of activists. Which could be determined by how the voting laws are in each of these states. Its a whole circle. Up next were going to look at the Supreme Court, which sided this morning with a High School Cheerleader in a landmark free speech case. 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The school itself has an interest in protecting a students unpopular expression especially when the expression takes place off campus. Americas Public Schools are the nurseries of democracy. That protection must include the protection of unpopular ideas, for popular ideas have less need for protection. How far reaching is this decision when it comes to Free Speech Protections . Is it limited to students . Is it limited to Public School students or does it go beyond that . It is around Public Schools. Private schools have always had an extended liberty in terms of how theyre able to regulate student behavior. This goes back to the 1969 case tinker where students protesting the vietnam war wanted to wear black arm banlds to protest. They said a students right for free speech does not stop at the gates. This is about where the schools purview extended beyond the gates. The court said, look, a school does have some interest in regulating behavior that might impact school, bullying, for example, extensive issues surrounding the conduct that might implicate students or be disruptive in some way. Here it was a snapchat. Hundreds of people, yes, had seen it. It wasnt about targeting a particular person. This was not that case to get you over the hump of That Tinker Decision that said its got to be truly disruptive. This is going to be widereaching implications, though. I want to bring in sarah rose, an attorney for that cheerleader. Thank you so much for joining me. First of all, have you talked to your client and how is she feeling . I have talked to brandi. She is thrilled by this decision. She is no longer a cheerleader. Shes no longer even in high school. At this point she was fighting for the rights of other kids. Shes happy with the result we got today. Shes a College Student now. What does this say to you . You are her attorney and also a senior staff attorney at the aa aclu in pennsylvania. I think this is the most significant decision for young peoples Free Speech Rights in 50 years. We were pleased the court ruled in favor of brandi that the school violated her First Amendment rights when it punished her for the snap. The court also put in place protections for students off Campus Speech that are really important in this digital era. Congratulations. This was a long battle. Its not every day that a lawyer gets to win a case at the Supreme Court. Laura, i want to go back to you. You said there are farreaching implications. What are they . Remember, were talking about a school trying to say, wanting to say to the Supreme Court if its off campus, even if its off Campus Speech, if its a student at our schools, we can regular hatte that. What about the advent of social media . Just because youre a student you get 24 hours of censorship. The Supreme Court said, no, if its off Campus Speech that is not disruptive, even if its vulgar, look, you have students who are going to express viewpoints that are critical. Imagine the world of criticism a student might have who are particularly ly adept if school was able to silence through discipline statements critical of a school, imagine how they would be silenced and their speech would be chilled in the political context, social context and other things. The court said, look, we can regulate things that are truly disruptive, but we cant act to suppress your Free Speech Rights. The court got it right. The limit they put into the Majority Decision about suggesting bullying, you and i are both parents of young children. That was note worthy certainly to me and im sure to you as well. Coming up, there is an early front runner in new yorks democratic mayoral primary, but can eric adams keep his advantage . More on that next. More protection, more sun, more joy. 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