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Niels Lesniewski

Biden blasts Supreme Court as not ‘normal’ after affirmative action ruling

WASHINGTON — After he denounced a landmark ruling by six conservative justices restricting affirmative action in college admissions and declared that “we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country,” President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court “is not a normal court.”

The comment came as Biden was walking away from a White House lectern after delivering prepared remarks. He was asked about criticism of the ruling by the Congressional Black Caucus and whether he thought it was a “rogue court.”

Biden stopped, turned and said, “This is not a normal court.”

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