Morning Wire - Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Plan & Chinese Land Purchase Ban | Afternoon Update | 6.30.23

Episode Date: June 30, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, June 30th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. In another landmark ruling from the Conservative Majority Supreme Court, this time related to protecting free speech and religious expression, the court ruled 6'3 in favor today of a Christian graphic designer who maintains that her religious beliefs prevent her from working on projects related to same-sex weddings. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority, quote, the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees. And also in a six-three decision today, the court

put a stop to President Biden's $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. The justices in the majority said that Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan and it leaves borrowers on the hook for repayments that are expected to resume in the fall. The court also said that the administration needed Congress's endorsement before undertaking such a costly plan. It also rejected arguments that a 2003 law dealing with student loans, known as the Heroes Act, gave Biden the power he claimed. A new Florida law that prohibits some Chinese citizens from purchasing property in the Sunshine State has been deemed unconstitutional by the Justice Department. The DOJ claims it violates the Federal Fair

Housing Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. The law signed by Florida Governor Ron Sanis also restricts land purchases from some citizens of several other countries, including Iran and Russia. Republican lawmakers in other states have proposed bills that would ban Chinese citizens from buying or owning property, but Florida's was the first to be signed into law. The Parkland deputy who fled during a high school massacre was found not guilty of neglect of a child and culpable negligence on Thursday. Jurors spent about three days deliberating the case of former Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Peterson, who remained outside Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School during a gunman's six-minute attack on February 14th, 2018.

Here's Peterson after the verdict. Got my life back. We've got our life back after four and a half years. Five and a half. It's been an emotional roller coaster for so long. Endless nights talking to Mark I one in the morning. Trying to understand and learn this whole case. It was unbelievable.

It was unbelievable. Meanwhile, family members of the students who lost their lives that day had this to say. For our families, we still feel he should be haunted every day by his failure to act. I know that he caused, he contributed, I should say, to the deaths of my daughter, Gina, her schoolmates, and their teachers. His inaction contributed to the shock and devastation of students and teachers at that school. His inaction contributed to the pain of our entire kids. community. And we don't understand how this jury looked at the evidence that was presented and found him not guilty. A tech industry trade group is challenging a new state law in Arkansas that requires

parental permission for minors to create social media accounts. Netchoice, a group whose members include Facebook, TikTok, and Twitter, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday over the measure signed by Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders in April. The requirement is set to go into effect September 1st. The lawsuit argues that the new requirement violates the constitutional rights of users and singles out types of speech that would be restricted. Former Vice President and 2024 GOP candidate Mike Pence made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Thursday, meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. We need to make sure that we provide the Ukrainian military what they need to push back on and defeat Russian aggression here, because it will make it clear to Russia, to China, and any other nations in the United States.

the world that would seek to redraw international lines by force. U.S. health officials have started tracking infections caused by a rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a baby formula shortage last year. A group that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agreed Thursday to add infections caused by chronobacter to the list of serious conditions reported to the agency. States will now be asked but not required to notify the CDC about chronobacter infections, although they usually comply. Such infections are required to be reported only in two states, Minnesota and Michigan. Madonna is back at home and on the mend after being rushed to the hospital with a serious

bacterial infection. The 64-year-old pop star was taken to the ICU after she was reportedly found unresponsive in New York last Saturday. The news comes after sources revealed that the singer's management team held a crisis Zoom meeting the next morning amid fears that she might not survived the bacterial infection that saw her admitted to intensive care. Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.