the one dissenting opinion on the affirmative action case came from ruth bader ginsberg. ive topic, but one worth raising. ruth bader ginsberg, 80 years old. if she left the court three or four years ago, and there is a republican in the white house, the most liberal seat on the court, replaced by a conservative. could have radical long-term implications. ruth bader ginsberg talking about the idea -- talking about a retirement. talking about the idea of what the confirmation process of the supreme court justice is like these days. >> i hope for the day when we will get back to where the system was when i was nominated, and when stephen breyer was nominated. i was nominated in 1993, justbr in 1994. there was a true bipartisan feeling in our congress. i was confirmed 96-3, and i said frankly, nowadays, i wonder if the president would even nominate me because of my long affiliation with the american civil liberties union. >> could someone with the liberal background like ruth bader ginsberg be nominated by a democrat today? what we saw in the obama era, almost every nominatio

ruth bader ginsberger said quote . . . >> michael: yeah, it was a bit confusing but that is always howeel after these rulings come down. the court also agreed to decide whether the president violated the constitution when he bypassed the senate and made three appointments to the national labor relations board. they did not make a ruling on doma or same-sex marriage issue. we're joining by "the huffington post" supreme court correspondent, mike sachs. thanks as always, mike, for joining us in "the war room." i love the matthew iglasias tweet, because that's what it is all about. guess what mike you are the lawyer we are asking today. can you explain fisher versus ut. >> yeah, the supreme court said the lower court did not review closely enough the affirmative action policy. they said they are using strict scrutiny. that means they were checking whether or not the affirmative action program was narrowly nay -- tailored opinion. justice kennedy said it's not strict scrutiny and you know it. he became a imagine -- majority. and now it goes back to the fifth circuit, and the senior judge th

you are openly gay and you clerked for justice ruth bader ginsberg, so what is your firsthand knowledge impactful do you think those relationships might be? >> well, i think studies have shown that one of the greatest predictors whether someone supports rights for lgbt people, lesbi lesbian, gay, bisexual and tr s transgender. the justices have had gay law clerks and gay employees and other people in their personal lives is that they understand gay people as individuals, and gay people as members of family. these cases before the court this term represent the first time that these justices are considering gay rights issues in the context of actual families before them. and fortunately the concept of gay and lesbian people forming families together is not a foreign concept to them it's something they've observed in people who are close to them both personally and professionally. >> it makes a difference when things are made visible and, david, in this article, it also brought up how justice lewis f. powell struggled with how to cast a decisive vote in the '86 so do my case that devastate

ruth bader ginsberg, stephen breyer, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan support the ruling. justice john roberts wrote the dissenting opinion, sbird antony scalia, clarence thomas and samuel alito. >>> still to come, meteorologist christina loren has details on a big time heat wave all coming our way and we will have more on that right after this break. >>> welcome back, everybody, take you live to san francisco, the castro district, plenty of people were celebrating early today, the prop 8 ruling, gathering tonight at 6:30. there, you are gather at the rain bow community sent teity ce castro district. blue skies. >> whatever you want to do after a couple of rainy days, a lot of moisture creating humidity, you can feel it immediately when you walk out, christina. >> quote the famous snoop lion, formerly known as snoop dogg it is sticky icky icky out there. good morning to you. a live look here. one of the reasons why the castro might be so quiet, we have had these flight delays all morning long. hard to tell from the picture of san francisco, hard to happen, very glassy on t

. >> the case also drew blistering dissent from justice ruth bader ginsberg who calls this the demolitionthe voting rights act. either way it's something that congress may ultimately revisit. >> doug luzader live in washington. >>> in just a few hours testimony will resume in the george zimmerman trial and more powerful evidence is expected today this after jurors got a detailed look at the crime scene the night that trayvon martin was murdered. lorne johnson joins us live with what is expected today. good morning. >> hi shth good morning to you. of course if you said yesterday jurors saw lots of photos an evidence more of the same likely expected today they are going to hear from more witnesses who likely witnessed what happened at that complex the night of the shooting. jurors saw several photos lots of evidence from the crime scene collected for the first time they saw a picture of trayvon martin's lifeless body. this prompted his father to leave the courtroom. she remained in the courtroom having to look away at several instances. the most interesting came from state witnesses who des

in response, justice ruth bader-ginsberg wrote a discent. said because of the decrease, conservatives can argue that the law is unnecessary, and she had harsh criticism for chief justice robert's decision writing . . . attorney general eric holder who has spent much of his term working on voting rights issues also expressed outrage. >> these problems have not been confined to history. they continue to exist. their effects are real. they are up today, not yesterday, and they corrode the foundation of our democracy. >> michael: the law now going to congress for revision, and washington is already gearing up for a fight. the senate has scheduled hearings for july. this battle a lost but the war is far from over. look at the what the five of them gave us today, or i should say took away elections matter folks. i'm honored to introduce our first guest, joining me in "the war room" is julian bond, former head of the naacp. thanks so much for being here. >> great pleasure. that would be former chairman? >> what did i say president? >> you said pres

. >> reporter: in a lengthy, pointed dissent, ruth bader ginsberg said it can hardly be described as an exam plar of restrained and moderate decision making. quite the opposite. civil rights leaders like jesse jackson called immediate -- >> you'll have fewer blacks, fewer women, fewer latinos, less free and equal because of this decision. >> reporter: in today's opinion, the chief justice is free to come up with a new formula to determine who is engaging in discrimination at the voting level, but cautioned any remedy congress comes up with must address current conditions, not those of the past. several leaders both sides of the aisle spoke out, saying they're willing to take up that task. >> shannon bream, thank you. >>> another court case getting attention, prosecutors in the george zimmerman, trayvon martin case. they say the calls will show zimmerman's state of mind. the defense says the calls are irrelevant. he is accused of second degree murder for the shooting of unarmed african-american teenager trayvon martin. zimmerman says it was self defense. >>> still ahead, now that the

ruth bader ginsberg, the liberal, was the only dissenter. elena kagan didn't participate.y seem to be kicking the can down the road a little bit under affirmative action. they said we think it's okay, but under very narrow circumstances we haven't spelled out. that's the status quo. you can be sure this decision is an invitation for lots more challenges to affirmative action. this issue is far, far from over. and the opponents of affirmative action are certainly going to be emboldened by this. >> what if, you know, you're part of the college admissions staff. do you wait, then, for this to go to the lower courts or do you pretty much have your marching orders? >> you know, what are you asking, like, a practical question? what are people supposed to do in their real lives? you know what, it's a very tough question. and i don't think i know the answer to it. because i don't think there's a clear answer out there. >> huh. >> you have put your finger on exactly the issue here. you're an admissions officer at the university of texas or any other school. you look at this opinion

ruth bader ginsberg with a strong dissent yesterday saying that back -- pointing out that back in 2006he way the voting act -- the voting rights act was continued by congress and with very little dissent. republicans and democrats 2006 said these special requirements that are there particularly for the states should be there continue to be there and renewed the law. even james sensenbrenner who as conservatives, you can get republican from wisconsin said at that time "states covered by section five are not not unfairly punished under the coverage formula." democrats and republicans looked at it in 2006. they concluded that these special restrictions on those certain jurisdictions under the voting rights act should continue. supreme court threw them away. craig is in niceville florida. hello, craig. >> caller: yeah, i don't understand why it only applies to say just the southern states and certain counties. i mean you pointed out there's 30 states that have laws. the actual worse case of racism since 1965 has been like rodney king in los angeles the move organization in philadelphia and