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>> this is not a normal court. >> reporter: should there be term limits for the court? >> i believe he just said this is not normal here. president biden speaking about -- that is going to reshape higher education for years to come. in a 6-3 decision, the high court has ended affirmative action in college admissions. it's barred universities from using race as a factor when considering prospective students. >> the president excoriating this decision, saying several times dimation still exists in america. this decision doesn't change that. he said, quote, we should never allow the country to walk away from the dream on which it was founded. obviously we're covering every angle, the ruling gutting a precedent that's been in place for decades. let's get to it with ariane
supreme court and they are going after clarence thomas, but other people say that the reason that there is a new cascade of stories is the fact that the supreme court, itself, does not have an ethics code that applies directly to the justices, and that is the bigger question, and that is why we are seeing all of these new stories and real pressure now at the supreme court to adopt an ethics code. >> ariane devogue, thank you. >> i don't know if people know that there is no ethics code there. volodymyr zelenskyy is accusing russia of doing everything to destroy ukraine completely, and this is after a deadly missile strike on a museum. coming up.
>> yeah! >> of its pain and its promise, of the brutality and the possibility. >> herschel walker's loss marks the latest rebuke of trump-backed candidates by swing state voters. cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox is here with more. so lauren, senate democrats seem relieved and thrilled. explain the impact of that 51st democratic vote now. >> reporter: well, chuck schumer, the majority leader, doing a victory lap earlier today during his press conference, making it clear that this might be just one race, one vote, but it makes a huge difference in the u.s. senate. and that is because over the last two years committees have been tied, that means every time they wanted to advance a nominee that was controversial or just had democratic votes, anytime they wanted a subpoena they needed republican support or it took a very long time on the floor of the senate to advance nominees and legislation. this makes it a lot easier for them because suddenly they do have a majority in those committees. it also makes a difference for
legal challenges down the road. they say that that's going to bring more of these cases to the court and it's going to change electoral politics going forward. >> yeah. a potentially consequential case to say the least. ariane de vogue, thank you. top democrats in congress are celebrating senator raphael warnock's election in georgia. his win gives democrats their 51st seat in the senate. warnock defeated republican herschel walker by more than 95,000 votes in a runoff. it is the final, yes, confirmed final race of the -- >> are you sure? >> let's hope. 2022 midterms. >> warnock, who grew up in public housing, became the first african american elected in georgia to a full senate term. >> i am georgia. [ cheers and applause ] i am an example and an iteration of its history.
utility officials say the damaged equipment has been fully repaired. >> but authorities have not yet identified a suspect. they do not know the motive for the attack. they say they have recovered some key physical evidence from the scene including dozens of shell casings. cnn's whitney wild is in moore county. she's been covering this since this started. what's the latest, whitney? >> reporter: well, there's new reporting from my colleague john miller who says that law enfor enforcement, again, as you point out, while they don't know exactly what the motive is are zeroing in on two possible threads. the first is a call by domestic violent extremists to attack critical infrastructure across the united states. and other zeros in on recent disruptions of lgbtq events throughout the country. law enforcement is putting this into context, and as we know, the time that this happened, the time the power went out here in moore county coincided with the start of a drag show that was supposed to happen here in moore
hey there. i'm victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> and i'm bianna golodryga. good to be back with you. >> good to have you. >> today the u.s. supreme court justices took up a case that could reshape elections in the united states. at issue, the independent state legislature theory. now, it would give state lawmakers nearly unchecked power over federal elections including the ability to gerrymander voting districts and change voting rules. >> allies of former president trump promoted versions of the theory during efforts to overturn the 2020 election. now, the case before the supreme court started as a fight over gerrymandering when a north carolina court struck down a congressional map that it called illegal and partisan. cnn's supreme court reporter ariane devogue is with us now. let's start with these oral arguments. what did we learn? >> reporter: just out of court, and they took over three hours. and as you said these republican lawmakers are asking the supreme court to take up this
reporter ariane devogue. ariana, let me pick up exactly where jim left off and this notion of religious freedom. this does not mirror the obergefell decision. it is not precise by any stretch of the imagination. but because of federalism, because of what they've accomplished in the court, can you just explain a little bit about why you think the religious liberty aspect of it was top of mind? >> right, well, in 2015 when the court issued obergefell, nobody would have thought that this bill was necessary, right. justice kennedy issued that sweeping decision, clearing the way for gay marriage nationwide. no one would have thought that this was necessary. and as you said, because of roe v. wade, you know, justice alito in that opinion said, look, this is, this opinion on dobbs is just about abortion. it is not about anything else. but then justice clarence thomas in that concurring opinion, he was not on that same page. remember he said that in future cases we should consider all of this courts due process presidents including griswold, lawrence, and obergefell.
important than any other, more important than human beings in the public sphere. that is not tolerance. religious freedom means that people have the ability, the right, the practice their religion of choice, their faith in their home, and in their house of worship. it does not mean using their religion to persecute others who do not share that same fate structure. so, this is not about tolerance. this is about kowtowing the people who want preference for their religion, their interpretation of their particular religion, in the fall of sphere. and that is not religious freedom. >> jim obergefell, thank you so much for your insight tonight. it was appreciated. >> thanks, laura. >> david urban is back and join me is political commentator hillary rosen and cnn's court
line on when we expect an actual ruling, not just this temporary pause? >> so usually what happens now the other sides are given time to respond and so under normal conditions i would think it would be sometime next week. you can't tell, sometimes things get shifted but i would expect sometime next week. >> thanks so much. ari arie an -- ariane devogue. >> how bad will the flu get in the u.s.? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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