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Washington Journal: 06/29/2023
3 hours, 4 minutesParagon Health Institute's Brian Blase discusses the winding down of pre-pandemic Medicaid expansion in several states and People For the American Way's Svante Myrick discusses the debate over parents rights and public education.
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Deputy National Security Adviser Discusses International Economic Policy
48 minutesDeputy National Security Adviser Mike Pyle discusses the Biden administration's international economic policy agenda at an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP).
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Sens. Heinrich, Cassidy & Others on Carbon Capture & Storage
1 hour, 33 minutesAcademics and policy stakeholders, including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Obama administration, 2013-17), discussed bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) during an event co-hosted by Resources for the Future and the Energy Futures Initiative. Also delivering brief remarks were Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA). Among the topics discussed were community impacts, economic and environmental benefits, and net-zero emissions goals.
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Washington Journal: Svante Myrick
24 minutesSvante Myrick, president of People For the American Way, discussed efforts to push back against book bans and the removal of certain content from school curricula across the country.
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President Biden Remarks on Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision
21 minutesPresident Biden delivers remarks following the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling that strikes down the constitutionality of affirmative action programs at colleges and universities.
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Lawyers Cmte. for Civil Rights on Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
37 minutesThe Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights holds a press conference on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions.
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President Biden Remarks on Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision
14 minutesPresident Biden delivered remarks following the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down the constitutionality of affirmative action programs used for admissions at colleges and universities. He said he "strongly, strongly" disagreed with the decision, and said his administration would work to find ways for schools to still commit to serving diverse student populations.
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Students for Fair Admissions on Supreme Ct. Striking Down Affirmative Action
18 minutesStudents for Fair Admissions, the group who challenged Harvard and the University of North Carolina's race-conscious admissions policies, react to the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action and ruling in their favor.
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Justices Hear Case on UNC's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
2 hours, 45 minutesThe Supreme Court struck down two major universities'--Harvard and University of North Carolina--race-conscious college admissions programs, citing they violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion and Justice Sotomayor wrote the Court's dissenting view. In October 2022, the justices heard oral argument challenging the UNC's race-conscious admissions policy. At UNC, race is among the factors used in the holistic review of each of the applicants. The university said it "considers all aspects of an applicant's background and values many kinds of diversity." There is no racial quota or points in this policy. Furthermore, the university stated its goal of this admissions policy is to help promote diversity among its student body and educational environment, something they said they could not achieve solely with race-neutral alternatives. That said, the university does engage in race-neutral efforts such as the use of recrui
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Justices Hear Case on Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
1 hour, 56 minutesThe Supreme Court struck down two major universities'--Harvard and University of North Carolina--race-conscious college admissions programs, citing they violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion and Justice Sotomayor wrote the Court's dissenting view. The justices heard oral argument in the Harvard case in October 2022. Under Harvard's policy there is no racial quota or points. Each candidate's application is given an initial read and numerical rating where four areas are assessed: academic, extracurricular, athletic, and personal. Race is not considered in this first step and applicants are not eliminated or denied in this round. Next, reviewers move on to the "school support rating" and an "overall" rating. In the overall rating reviewers are allowed to give candidates "tips" for many things including race, creativity, athleticism, being a legacy or a child of a staff member. Competitive applicants are then referre
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Discussion on Student Loan Forgiveness & Supreme Court
1 hour, 3 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute hosted a panel on the Supreme Court's upcoming decisions on the Biden administration's student loan debt relief program. The Court heard oral arguments about the matter in February 2023, which were Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown. In the respective cases, six states and two student loan borrowers challenged President Biden's program and its legality. The panel was in agreement that the conservative-majority Court would likely strike down the policy.
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President Biden Remarks on Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision
11 minutesPresident Biden delivered remarks following the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down the constitutionality of affirmative action programs used for admissions at colleges and universities. He said he "strongly, strongly" disagreed with the decision, and said his administration would work to find ways for schools to still commit to serving diverse student populations.
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Students for Fair Admissions on Supreme Ct. Striking Down Affirmative Action
19 minutesStudents for Fair Admissions, the group who challenged Harvard and the University of North Carolina's race-conscious admissions policies, reacted to the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in a ruling in their favor.
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Lawyers Cmte. for Civil Rights on Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
40 minutesThe Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights held a press conference on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions. Leaders from Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), Latino Justice and the NAACP spoke alongside civil and human rights lawyers to overview what the Supreme Court decision means for the future of college admissions. One of the speakers, David Hinojosa, represented a group of current and former University of North Carolina students who were in favor of a race-conscious admissions policy.
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Justices Hear Case on UNC's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
2 hours, 46 minutesThe Supreme Court struck down two major universities'--Harvard and University of North Carolina--race-conscious college admissions programs, citing they violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion and Justice Sotomayor wrote the Court's dissenting view. In October 2022, the justices heard oral argument challenging the UNC's race-conscious admissions policy. At UNC, race is among the factors used in the holistic review of each of the applicants. The university said it "considers all aspects of an applicant's background and values many kinds of diversity." There is no racial quota or points in this policy. Furthermore, the university stated its goal of this admissions policy is to help promote diversity among its student body and educational environment, something they said they could not achieve solely with race-neutral alternatives. That said, the university does engage in race-neutral efforts such as the use of recrui
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Justices Hear Case on Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
1 hour, 58 minutesThe Supreme Court struck down two major universities'--Harvard and University of North Carolina--race-conscious college admissions programs, citing they violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion and Justice Sotomayor wrote the Court's dissenting view. The justices heard oral argument in the Harvard case in October 2022. Under Harvard's policy there is no racial quota or points. Each candidate's application is given an initial read and numerical rating where four areas are assessed: academic, extracurricular, athletic, and personal. Race is not considered in this first step and applicants are not eliminated or denied in this round. Next, reviewers move on to the "school support rating" and an "overall" rating. In the overall rating reviewers are allowed to give candidates "tips" for many things including race, creativity, athleticism, being a legacy or a child of a staff member. Competitive applicants are then referre
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Discussion on Student Loan Forgiveness & Supreme Court
1 hour, 4 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute hosted a panel on the Supreme Court's upcoming decisions on the Biden administration's student loan debt relief program. The Court heard oral arguments about the matter in February 2023, which were Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown. In the respective cases, six states and two student loan borrowers challenged President Biden's program and its legality. The panel was in agreement that the conservative-majority Court would likely strike down the policy.
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Lawyers Cmte. for Civil Rights on Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
39 minutesThe Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights held a press conference on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions. Leaders from Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), Latino Justice and the NAACP spoke alongside civil and human rights lawyers to overview what the Supreme Court decision means for the future of college admissions. One of the speakers, David Hinojosa, represented a group of current and former University of North Carolina students who were in favor of a race-conscious admissions policy.
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Justices Hear Case on UNC's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
2 hours, 49 minutesThe Supreme Court struck down two major universities'--Harvard and University of North Carolina--race-conscious college admissions programs, citing they violate the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion and Justice Sotomayor wrote the Court's dissenting view. In October 2022, the justices heard oral argument challenging the UNC's race-conscious admissions policy. At UNC, race is among the factors used in the holistic review of each of the applicants. The university said it "considers all aspects of an applicant's background and values many kinds of diversity." There is no racial quota or points in this policy. Furthermore, the university stated its goal of this admissions policy is to help promote diversity among its student body and educational environment, something they said they could not achieve solely with race-neutral alternatives. That said, the university does engage in race-neutral efforts such as the use of recrui
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Students for Fair Admissions on Supreme Ct. Striking Down Affirmative Action
20 minutesStudents for Fair Admissions, the group who challenged Harvard and the University of North Carolina's race-conscious admissions policies, reacted to the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in a ruling in their favor.
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President Biden Remarks on Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision
11 minutesPresident Biden delivered remarks following the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down the constitutionality of affirmative action programs used for admissions at colleges and universities. He said he "strongly, strongly" disagreed with the decision, and said his administration would work to find ways for schools to still commit to serving diverse student populations.