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Okay, One More Thing on Ricci
Ace of Spades HQ —
... was not willing to even to go that far. Today it shows again, as she casually discards an objective test for promotion in favor of subjective measures of "command presence" which can result in more defensible decisions based on race. The objective test stands in the way of her preferred result, so it has to go. It is a "flawed test", not because of any proven deficiency in the exam, but because it fails to provide the necessary result. Wise Latina Overruled 9-0? [ace]: Ed Whelan at Bench Memos argues the decision is actually 9-zip against Sotomayor -- because even Justice ...
Supreme Court rules in Ricci’s favor
Fausta's Blog —
... although there is a sharp 5-4 divide among the justices, not a single justice thought that Judge Sotomayor acted correctly in granting summary judgment for the City of New Haven. ...
Even Liberal Dissenters in Firefighter Case Thought Sotomayor Goofed
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... In his "Bench Memos" blog, National Review's Ed Whelan explains in "9-0 Against Sotomayor" how even the four liberal justices in today's ...
Ricci v. Sotomayor
Opinionator —
... Agreed with Sotomayor.” Whelan: “ 9-0 Against Sotomayor .” Their logic? Whelan pointed to a footnote in the dissent, written by Justice Ginsburg, that indicates “she and her fellow dissenters therefore believe that Sotomayor and her Second Circuit colleagues and the district court were wrong to grant summary judgment to the City of New Haven.” Back to Long: “That even Justice Ginsberg and the dissenters would have remanded — undoing what Judge Sotomayor did — confirms that Sotomayor is a far-left liberal judicial activist who ignores the law and rules on her own personal ...
Conservatives Attack Sotomayor For Not Having A Crystal Ball
Wonk Room —
Within minutes of today’s decision in Ricci the right-wing opened a new assault on President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, claiming that all nine justices disagreed with Judge Sotomayor. The claim featured prominently in a Federalist Society press call held just over an hour after the decision was handed down; right-wing law professor Jonathan Adler made the claim on his blog; and the same claim is all over the National Review’s website. By lunch, even Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) had picked up the spin ...
