Both administrations just didn't have enough senior level consideration of worst case scenarios for this. this is something the president has repeatedly defended his decision-making on saying he didn't want to extend what was already america's longest war. lindsey? >> right, monica alba, thank you. and for more on the supreme court's landmark decisions, i want to bring in nbc news supreme court reporter, lawrence hurly. so lawrence, thanks for being with us today. you know, instructing down affirmative action, dustin clarence thomas defended what he called the colour-blind constitution, seekin...