Supreme Court Term Ends With Decisions That Will Impact Millions
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🗓️ 2 July 2023
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The court struck down President Biden's student debt relief program. It also sided with a Colorado website designer who wants to refuse business to a same-sex couple, and it effectively killed affirmative action in college admissions.
All three rulings were a 6-3 split. All of the court's Republican-nominated justices voting against the three justices who were put forward by Democratic presidents.
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with two legal experts, journalist Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Leah Litman from the University of Michigan, about what this term tells us about the current Supreme Court.
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| 0:00.0 | The Supreme Court's term ended with a bang. |
| 0:10.3 | The court struck down President Biden's student debt relief program, cited with a Colorado |
| 0:15.1 | website designer who wanted to refuse business to a same-sex couple, and blew up affirmative |
| 0:20.2 | action in college admissions. |
| 0:22.6 | All three rulings were a 6-3 split. |
| 0:25.0 | All of the court's Republican-nominated justices, voting against the three justices who were |
| 0:29.3 | put forward by Democratic presidents. |
| 0:33.0 | That's President Biden speaking with reporters after the affirmative action ruling. |
| 0:43.1 | The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land. |
| 0:46.7 | Once decisions are passed down, there's not much that can be done to change them. |
| 0:50.3 | Justice is served for life. |
| 0:52.6 | Consider this. |
| 0:53.5 | Some court watchers feel that the rulings of the conservative majority have strayed too |
| 0:57.3 | far into partisan politics. |
| 0:59.6 | And with recent revelations about unreported gifts given to Justice's clearance, Thomas |
| 1:03.4 | and Samuel Alito, the country may be faced with a big question just how far has trust |
| 1:08.7 | in the court eroded. |
| 1:16.0 | From NPR, I'm Scott Detro. |
| 1:17.8 | It's Sunday, July 2nd. |
| 1:27.9 | It's consider this from NPR. |
| 1:30.1 | Like last year's dobs ruling, which ended the constitutional right to abortion access, |
| 1:34.5 | the end of term decisions will reshape the landscape of American law and have immediate |
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