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The Megyn Kelly Show

Supreme Court's Seismic Affirmative Action Ruling and More, with Jason Riley, Heather Mac Donald, Carrie Prejean, and Britt Mayer | Ep. 578

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly begins the show with the breaking news out of the Supreme Court, overturning affirmative action and race-based admissions for colleges. The Manhattan Institute's Jason Riley, author of "Maverick," and Heather Mac Donald, author of "When Race Trumps Merit," join to discuss why it was the right decision, the opinions from Justice Roberts and Thomas, the dissenting opinion from Justice Sotomayor, the hysterical reaction from progressives in the media and Michelle Obama, smears and lies about the topic, and more. Then Carrie Prejean Boller and Britt Mayor, founders and hosts of "The Battle Cry," join to discuss California's bill criminalizing parents who don’t affirm child transgender identity, a trans influencer who got banned after flashing at the White House's underwhelming apology, Budweiser's CEO refusing to apologize for Dylan Mulvaney partnership, Pride lowlights about "coming for your children" and the Girl Scouts, and more. Riley's book: https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Biography-Thomas-Jason-Riley/dp/1541619684 Mac Donald's book: https://www.amazon.com/When-Race-Trumps-Merit-Sacrifices/dp/1956007164 Carrie and Britt's "Battle Cry": https://www.instagram.com/thebattlecry_us/

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.

0:15.5

What a day.

0:18.0

This is historic.

0:19.6

Thank God the Supreme Court has finally seen the light and has ruled that racism in college

0:27.0

admissions is no longer allowed.

0:30.2

The US Supreme Court announces another blockbuster and as I said, historic ruling.

0:35.5

It is a six to three decision and the high court after decades of arguing over this has

0:42.2

finally ruled that it is unconstitutional to consider race in university admissions under

0:48.6

the equal protection clause of our constitution.

0:52.4

Chief Justice Roberts writing for the majority, quote,

0:56.0

eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.

1:00.6

And he goes on from there, joining me now, someone who has written extensively on this

1:04.4

topic, Jason Riley.

1:06.5

Jason's been speaking and writing about the issue of affirmative action for decades.

1:11.0

He's a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of the recent book Maverick, a biography

1:16.4

of Thomas Sol.

1:17.8

Jason, thank you so much for being here today.

1:19.6

I thought this I thought of you.

1:21.2

I haven't read the whole thing.

1:22.2

It's like a tone, the decision with all the conferring opinions and dissenting.

1:26.8

But when I flipped to Justice Thomas's concurrence, he had Thomas Sol all over the place.

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