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Affordable care act. the best example is to make sure that prescription drugs are affordable. she's going to increase the amount of pay for women, equal pay for equal work. >> supreme court justice anton scalia, i'm a lawyer. that tmz comes from you, right? >> it's from "saturday night live." it was tracy morgan. >> who is playing you. during oral arguments yesterday he said there are those who contend it does not benefit african-americans to get into the university of texas where they do not do well as opposed to having them go to a less advanced school, a less -- a slower track school where ...

Less advanced school, a less -- a slower track school where they do well. one of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the university of texas. >> so this court -- >> they come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast f them. >> that's the question for the school -- for the university and the supreme court. the supreme court must decide whether diversity at the university of texas which can be allowed and has been allowed under previous supreme court decisions to use r...

The school uses a variety of factors including race, and the question is can it constitutionally do that. now, here's the question, the bit of the back and forth between justice scalia and the lawyer for the university of texas. >> there are those who contend that it does not benefit african-americans to get them into the university of texas, where they do not do well as opposed to having them go to a less advanced school, a less -- a slower track school where they do well. one of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the universi...

Opposed to having them go to a less advanced school, a slower track school where they do well. one of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the university of texas. so this court from lesser schools where they do not feel they are pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them. >> npr's legal affairs correspondent in the courtroom on wednesday. good to have you with us. >> thanks very much. >> walk us through all of this. we initially had basically parts of a transcript. then we got the audio. has this changed anything in term...

Resistant leaders meeting in riyadh. that is the big hope. thank you so much. >> great to join you. this week, antonin scalia shocked the supreme court watchers with comments he made during oral arguments on that challenge university of texas, the challenge to the university of texas's affirmative action plan. justice scalia said in part quote, there are those who contend that it does not benefit african-americans to get them into the university of texas, where they do not do well as opposed to having them go to a less advanced school, a slower track school, where they do well. one of the br...