Breaking Down 4 Major Supreme Court Decisions

10:54

June 23, 2016

Interns race to deliver hard copies of a Supreme Court decision regarding Obama's immigration plan to waiting news crews at the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. The court was divided 4-4, leaving in place an appeals court ruling blocking the plan, which would have protected millions of immigrants from deportation. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images)

Four major Supreme Court decisions were released Thursday that amount to a win for supporters of affirmative action, a setback for President Obama's immigration plan and significant implications for mandatory minimum sentencing.

Guests

Nancy Gertner, former Massachusetts federal judge, senior lecturer on law at Harvard Law School and WBUR legal analyst.

Charles Fried, professor of law at Harvard Law School and former U.S. solicitor general.

This segment aired on June 23, 2016.

Breaking Down 4 Major Supreme Court Decisions

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