I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal top news for Thursday, June 29th.

Here are today's headlines.

For months now, we have been waiting on a Supreme Court decision that stands to affect college

students across the country. Today, the justice is ruled against affirmative action.

Colleges and universities can no longer consider race and ethnicity on students' applications.

President Joe Biden responded to the news in a speech earlier today via C-SPAN.

Here's what he had to say.

The Court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions and I strongly

disagree with the Court's decision.

As the president finished his speech and began to walk out of the room,

a reporter asked Biden his opinion on the court.

Take a listen, the president's response via the R&C Research Twitter page.

Here with us to explain further what this decision means for colleges around the country,

is vice president of domestic policy at the Heritage Foundation, Roger Severino.

Roger, thanks for being with us. Glad to be on.

So there were two cases before the Supreme Court involving affirmative action.

If you would, just give us a quick breakdown on these cases.

Sure thing. There were the state one, which was UNC, which is the equal protection class,

or the Constitution, which applies to state discrimination, and then there was a private

university, which was Harvard University, which receives federal funds, which under the Civil

Rights Act, cannot go to institutions that discriminate on the basis of race.

Those were the two big distinctions and Justice Katangi Brown-Jackson was recused from the Harvard

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