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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 military academy is applied to these cases, however and i know the courts blow address righty of race based admissions systems in that context. this opinion also does not address the issue, in light of the pot...

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. we'll come back. msnbc legal analyst joyce vance, thank you so much, as always. ahead on "morning joe," yesterday's ruling on affirmative action programs not the only major decision handed down by the supreme court yesterday. we will go over the high court's opinion that makes it easier for employees to seek religious accommodation at work and look ...

Think some of that stems from a misunderstanding of what affirmative action is many people who view themselves as pro diversity, pro increasing access, let's say they're anti affirmative action have adopted the vision of affirmative action the court put forward today on affirmative action programs that is about set asides and bonuses. that's been illegal for a very long time, colleges and universities are not using quotas, and so when people say that they are pro diversity but anti affirmative action, they misunderstand how those programs actually work. >> peter, we saw the impact that the end...

Equal. >> the fact she believes so little of the constitution, is it he misquotes it. affirmative action, the diversity verdict available on fox nation. set your dvr. "gutfeld!" is next. r dvd at 7:00 p.m. r dvd [applause] gutfeld! is next. gutfeld! is * [applause] [applause] >> greg: happy thursday, everybody. breaking news, the supreme court ruled race-based affirmative action programs are unconstitutional. it's been around for 45 years, i guess one of the justices finally read the constitution

>> i can point to race-based decisions the reason asian americans are being discriminated against right now. if you're an asian american, you had to score 273 points higher on the s.a.t. to have the same chance for admission to harvard as a black person. i understand lives are improved but that opportunity should be made available to people of every race not just one. >> what's your response to that? >> my response to that is very straightforward. affirmative action programs should not discriminate or penalize any racial group, whether they're asians or other racial groups. that's categoricall...