Court is not normal. What did you mean?

What I meant with that is it's done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history.

And that's what I meant by not normal.

That was President Joe Biden on MSNBC yesterday reacting to rulings from the Supreme Court overturning affirmative action

in college admissions. We'll break down these landmark decisions. Meanwhile, we're just a few hours

away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality

of an executive action from

the president.

Plus, we'll take a look at how Americans feel about the issue of affirmative action

and the growing calls to expand the highest court in the land. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Friday, June 30th.

I'm John Flemere. Thanks for starting your day with us.

And we'll begin this morning with the landmark decisions from the Supreme Court,

ending the systematic consideration of race-based affirmative action in college admissions.

The court ruled that the programs at the University of North Carolina and one at Harvard

University violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

The schools were accused of giving substantial

preferences to black and Hispanic applicants while discriminating against Asian students.

The vote was six to three in the North Carolina case, with all three of the liberal judges

dissenting, and six to two in the Harvard ruling because

Justice Katanji Brown Jackson recused herself. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority

opinion, stating that both programs lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives

warranting the use of race,

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