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>> representative chu, as far as the polling on this issue, it can vary a bit. one nbc news found the 53% of american support affirmative action programs while 42% oppose. them following this decision you told members of the press on a phone call that you think this will galvanize voters. how so? >> now we have seen three decisions that have been voted on a 6 to 3 basis. this is a court that is going to the far right. they have taken away the ability for millions of people to get some relief from their student debt. i think that is the one that hurts the most. it will certainly galvanized peop...

Home. they will not go forward in starting a family. they will not engage in transportation. they will not invest in our stock market, you know? these are the things that make the american economy thrive and great for all people. but unfortunately, we do not have an economy that works for all people, and that's the problem. >> there was another big one this week with the supreme court striking down affirmative action programs. this at the university of clark carolina, as well as at harvard. the court ruled that both programs violate the constitution's equal protection clause. in her u.n.c. cas...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in an ideologically split vote that affirmative action programs when considering prospective students are unconstitutional.

Institutions should be doing. i was not surprised by the decision, but i was disappointed by. >> so, neil, what are the so-called knock on effects? where are the kinds of legal challenges of this ruling potentially trigger? >> there is a concurring opinion by justice gorsuch the suggest that this might also apply to not just private and higher education institutions but also to employers, private companies -- and the like. i think that is wrong, and i think the majority of the supreme court ultimately will see that as wrong, because corporate pepper city programs, corporate affirmative action ...

Project of equality. to instead say, if we take round two being what it meant dennis follows logically from that. it is such cynical gaslighting that it almost makes a double whammy who have to sit there and listen to them say that this is a victory for civil rights and for color blindness. >> i feel like it's kind of part of the actual other right, which is, to quote marc luther might move the king and to promote white nationalism. i was struck to talk about hypocrisy. two parts of roberts opinion, the carve out for affirmative action programs in military academies, which robert says no milit...