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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

The Supreme Court reverses college affirmative action

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: SCOTUS conservatives end affirmative action in a 6-3 vote, a decision that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasts in her scathing dissent. Plus, President Biden says most Americans don’t agree with many rulings made by the current Supreme Court. Also, Trump’s aide on the classified documents tape is reportedly identified. Andrea Campbell, Becky Pringle, Neal Katyal, Cornell Belcher, E.J Dionne, and Barbara McQuade join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0

This is not a normal court.

0:03.6

That was what President Biden said after the radical conservatives on the Supreme Court

0:08.1

for the second time in two years, reverse nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that

0:13.8

has significantly helped improve the lives of Americans.

0:18.0

Last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive

0:22.6

health.

0:23.6

Today, it's undoing the consideration of race and college admissions, which has helped

0:28.6

level the playing field for higher education opportunities for minority students, like

0:33.6

me 30 years or so ago.

0:36.9

It is a court that is looking to move the country backwards, as President Biden told

0:41.6

the MSNBC's Nicole Wallace earlier today.

0:44.4

It's a ton more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any court in recent

0:51.7

history.

0:53.0

And that's what I meant by not normal.

0:55.6

I learned it just so out of swarch with the basic value system of American people.

1:01.7

And I think that across the board, the vast majority of American people don't agree with

1:06.8

that a lot of the decisions this court has made.

1:10.0

He's right.

1:11.2

It's not just that the radical conservative Supreme Court is undoing decades of advancements

1:15.7

in women's rights and civil rights.

1:18.1

It's that there, once again, ruling in line with an extreme far-right agenda that's

1:22.8

wildly out of set with public opinion, just like a majority of American supports women's

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