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online.wsj.com - 6/30/2009

Firefighter Justice

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[Review & Outlook] Associated Press Frank Ricci

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realclearpolitics.com - 7/2/2009

Firefighter Case Shows Seamy Side of Racial Politics

— realclearpolitics.com — The Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, the case of the New Haven firefighters, was a... ringing endorsement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination and a repudiation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's decision ... (more) Firefighter Case Shows Seamy Side of Racial Politics

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washingtonexaminer.com - 7/1/2009

Firefighter case shows seamy side of racial politics

— washingtonexaminer.com — The Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, the case of the New Haven, Conn., firefighters, was... a ringing endorsement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination and a repudiation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ... (more) Firefighter case shows seamy side of racial politics

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Dissecting Leftism — ... The US Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 on Monday that the Connecticut city violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by using race as the key criterion in refusing to certify a group of white and Hispanic firefighters for promotion. City officials said they were afraid that if they promoted the white and Hispanic firefighters but no African-American firefighters, the city would be subject to a lawsuit by black firefighters. The high court disagreed.” [Another comment here] ...

"Supreme Court Finds Bias Against White Firefighters"
How Appealing — ... new lines on race and hiring; Better ways than rigid tests exist to determine job promotions" and an op-ed by Michael E. Rosman entitled "Make race irrelevant: Not every workplace can end up 'looking like America.'" In The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin and Suzanne Sataline report that "Ruling Upends Race's Role in Hiring." Bravin also has an article headlined "Decision Reflects Court's Deep Division." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Firefighter Justice: The Supremes, Sotomayor, and racial jurisprudence." Warren Richey of ...