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ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com - 6/30/2009

Justices Reject Sotomayor Position 9-0 -- But Bigger Battles Loom

— ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com — The Supreme Court's predictable 5-4 vote to reverse the decision by Judge Sonia Sotomayor and two federal... appeals court colleagues against 17 white (and one Hispanic) plaintiffs in the now-famous New Haven, Conn., firefighters decision does not by ... (more) Justices Reject Sotomayor Position 9-0 -- But Bigger ...

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legalinsurrection.blogspot.com - 6/29/2009

Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor

— legalinsurrection.blogspot.com — In a 5-4 ruling authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the ruling... by Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor and two other Court of Appeals judges in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano . [Full opinion and analysis below] ... (more) Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor

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rasmussenreports.com - 7/1/2009

Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court Reversal

— rasmussenreports.com — A heavily publicized U.S. Supreme Court reversal of an appeals court ruling by Judge Sonia Sotomayor has... at least temporarily diminished public support for President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee. The latest Rasmussen Reports national ... (more) Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court ...

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TalkLeft — ... Ironically, the Limbaughian "Lunatic Fringe", led by Limbaugh, now ignores that the questions raised by Judge Cabranes' dissent in the Second Circuit's decision to deny rehearing en banc (the dissent they championed so much as proof of the bad handling of Ricci by the 2nd Circuit) were largely ignored by the Supreme Court. The National Review laughably claims that the the Gang of 5 showed "judicial restraint" by rewriting Title VII instead of reaching the constitutional questions Judge Cabranes said the case carried. ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... Reckoning with Ricci: “Today’s ruling clarifies that the mere fear of being sued will not justify an employer’s intentional discrimination unless there is a ’strong basis in evidence’ to believe the employer will be liable under disparate-impact discrimination principles. But it won’t make such lawsuits much less frequent or less prohibitively expensive. And for many of these suits, it won’t make resolution any easier. It may be straightforward enough when, as in Ricci, an employer appears to be citing disparate-impact concerns as a pretext to avoid provoking a powerful ...