![]() So we see this generational difference on other issues, as well, such as the use of religion to justify refusing service to a same-sex couple who wanted a website for their wedding. ![]() And Florida Governor DeSantis has made such programs the essential target of his campaign and his governing in Florida. He would use the Justice Department to get rid of them. Trump said he would root out diversity programs in the government. Moms for Liberty was a group they were talking to. They were both at a rally in Philadelphia, competing for the support of more traditional Americans. ![]() But yesterday we saw former President Trump and his chief rival for the next Republican presidential nomination, Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida. ![]() The court here is speaking for one side of that clash and for the side that's resistant to the trends that they see in American life. At the risk of oversimplifying, this is between the America of older, primarily white Americans, many of them attached to formal religious traditions, and younger, much more diverse Americans, young people, people who perhaps have less of a commitment to traditional formal religious traditions. What does all of this say about America more broadly in this moment?ĮLVING: We are in the midst of a broad culture clash, and it is largely a generational clash. But these issues are very polarized, many of the issues that the court ruled on this term. PARKS: You kind of touched on this a second there, Ron - a second ago there, Ron. And what the court is saying here is that the way that was done, at least at Harvard and University of North Carolina and other schools, itself constitutes racial discrimination. And for several decades now, racial diversity has been built into those values by affirmative action. It's about the schools themselves and the nature of the education that's being offered and the values the schools represent. And on affirmative action, the real targets here are the policies of public and private college campuses.Īnd, Miles, the thing people forget about affirmative action is that it is not just about the person who's applying and trying to get into a school. But the real impact is on those couples who will no longer have the full rights of a protected class, the rights they thought they had been granted by earlier Supreme Court decisions. The decisions also run counter to administration policy on the rights of same-sex couples. For example, there's a direct challenge here to Biden on student debt relief, but the real impact will be on students with debt. How much of a blow were these decisions to the Biden administration?ĮLVING: They are surely a blow to the Biden administration on several fronts, but these blows will be felt far beyond the Biden administration. So this is becoming a little bit of a trend, the Biden administration versus the Supreme Court. RON ELVING, BYLINE: Good to be with you, Miles. PARKS: To discuss the political implications of these decisions, NPR senior editor and correspondent Ron Elving joins us now. ![]() PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Let me begin by saying, I know there are millions of Americans, millions of Americans in this country who feel disappointed and discouraged or even a little bit angry about the court's decision today on student debt. First, after the ban on affirmative action in college admissions. Twice this week, major Supreme Court rulings brought President Joe Biden in front of cameras. ![]()
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