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blogs.usatoday.com - 6/29/2009
High Court reverses Sotomayor in firefighter case - On Deadline
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The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of white Connecticut firefighters in a 5-4 ruling that reverses an appeals court finding by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the Associated Press report. The high court found that the firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions ...
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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Racism rejected: SCOTUS reverses Sotomayor in firefighters case
michellemalkin.com - 6/29/2009
Racism rejected: SCOTUS reverses Sotomayor in firefighters case
— michellemalkin.com — President Obama applauds the decision as a victory for equality under the law. [...] Read the rest... » (more) Racism rejected: SCOTUS reverses Sotomayor in ...

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bench.nationalreview.com - 6/29/2009
9-0 Against Sotomayor
— bench.nationalreview.com — In footnote 10 of her dissent, Justice Ginsburg, agreeing with the position that President Obamarsquo;s Department of... Justice took, states:nbsp; ldquo... . . . (more) 9-0 Against Sotomayor

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The Moderate Voice:  Justices Rule for White Firefighters

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Justices Rule for White Firefighters
The Moderate Voice — As expected: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of white Connecticut firefighters in a 5-4 ruling that reverses an appeals court finding by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the Associated Press report. The high court found that the firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

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Knowledge is Power — ... The high court found that the firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. ...

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White Firefighters Win, Sotomayor Loses
outsidethebeltway.com 6/29/2009 — By a slim 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the white New Haven firefighters whose promotions were denied because not enough non-whites passed the promotion exam. Among those ruling the other way on the lower court was a certain wise ...
Did the Supreme Court pull the trigger?
powerlineblog.com 6/29/2009 — The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the New Haven firefighters in the Ricci case by a vote of 5-4. This was the discrimination case brought by white firefighters (and one Hispanic) who were denied promotion despite being at the top of the list ...
SUPREME COURT DECIDES RICCI: “The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Con…
pajamasmedia.com 6/29/2009 — SUPREME COURT DECIDES RICCI: “The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals ...
No Ricci ruling today
scotusblog.com 6/26/2009 — The Supreme Court has finished issuing rulings for the day, without releasing a decision in the Ricci cases — the New Haven firefighters job discrimination litigation. The Court will issue further rulings on Monday.
Breaking: Supreme Court Overrules Sotamayor On Ricci Decision
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — It looks like the "wise latina woman with the richness of her experience" was off on this one. Supremes overrule Sotamayor on Ricci decision. Breitbart reported: The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly ...
Supreme Court Sides with White Firefighters - Opinion
lashawnbarber.com 6/29/2009 — Earlier this year I told you about a case called Ricci v. DeStefano . The fire department in New Haven, Connecticut, threw out the results of a promotions test because no blacks scored high enough to qualify for promotions. In other words, white ...
Ricci ruling
washingtonmonthly.com 6/29/2009 — RICCI RULING.... The Supreme Court this morning did pretty much what everyone expected it to do, ruling that New Haven, Conn., was wrong to deny promotions to white firefighters in the Ricci case. New Haven was wrong to scrap a...
Ideologically-divided 5-4 Supreme Court reverses New Haven firefighters case.
thinkprogress.org 6/29/2009 — For 25 years, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has given employers broad discretion to reconsider a promotion test whose results favor one race over another. Judge Sonia Sotomayor followed this binding precedent when she ...
Waiting For Ricci
justoneminute.typepad.com 6/30/2009 — The Supreme Court should release its decision in the New Haven firefighters case today.
Obama: Too Many Jobs Lost
huffingtonpost.com 7/2/2009 — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court was "moving the ball" on affirmative action in this week's decision favoring white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., but he added that the court had not ruled out the use of ...
Savana Redding Strip Search Illegal,. Supreme Court Says
huffingtonpost.com 6/25/2009 — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says a school's strip search of an Arizona teenage girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen was illegal. The court ruled on Thursday that school officials violated the law with their search of Savana Redding, who lives in Safford in rural ...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: A New Yorker for the Supreme Court
huffingtonpost.com 6/25/2009 — As the new junior senator from New York, I've already had a lot of exciting moments. But I'm already anticipating the moment next month when the name of another New Yorker, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, comes up for confirmation to the Supreme Court. I ...
Supreme Court OKs Dumping Mining Waste In Lakes
huffingtonpost.com 6/25/2009 — WASHINGTON — A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on Monday to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all of the lake's fish. The court said that the federal ...
Will the Supreme Court pull the trigger?
powerlineblog.com 6/29/2009 — A majority of the Supreme Court now seems to favor the principle of color blindness and to oppose extending the life of the oppressive, color conscious remedial tools of the 1960s and 1970s into second decade of the 21st century. Thus, at the oral ...
Supreme Court rules in Ricci’s favor
faustasblog.com 6/29/2009 — Court Rules for White Firefighters , hence overruling Sotomayor: The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 in a case that has been a lightning rod for high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, invalidated a Connecticut city’s decision to scrap the results of a firefighter promotion exam in which the ...
MN SUPREME COURT DECLARE FRANKEN WINNER OF U.S. SENATE RACE
bradblog.com 6/30/2009 — Fox "News" has just reported that "Al Franken wins disputed Minnesota Seat" following an affirmative ruling from the Minnesota Supreme court... DEVELOPING...
Could It Really Be Over?
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/30/2009 — The Minnesota Supreme Court today ruled that Al Franken was the winner of the November senate election. Could it really be over? What's your favorite moment from the six months-plus drama? Use this thread to discuss the story. Sponsored ...
Minnesota Supreme Court Decides for Franken
swampland.blogs.time.com 6/30/2009 — The Minnesota Supreme Court this afternoon ruled unanimously that Al Franken is “entitled to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota.” Barring an appeal by G.O.P. incumbent Norm Coleman to the U.S. ...
Supreme Court reversal of Sotomayor raises more questions than it answers (Sen. John Cornyn) — Congress Blog
The Supreme Court has now decided Ricci v. DeStefano, commonly known as the New Haven firefighter case. The Supreme Court reversed the lower court decision that was joined by Judge Sotomayor. The Second Circuit saw the case as an easy victory of for the city of New Haven because the city’s ...
Supreme Court rules on Ricci — neo-neocon
The Supreme Court reverses the decision of the Sotomayor court on the New Haven firefighters. I doubt this will make a difference in the Sotomayor nomination, but I think it’s the correct decision. And, as in so many of this Supreme Court’s decisions, this one came down 5-4. ...
Supreme Court Rules Against Sotomayor, For Saudi Arabia — Little Green Footballs
The Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court decision made by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, ruling that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn. were unfairly denied promotions due to their race: Ricci Decision Provides Rallying Point for Opposition . Conservatives are jumping ...
Supreme Court finds white firefighters were "unfairly denied promotions" in New Haven case — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
A major , but not completely unexpected decision, in an employment case today from the Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor was on the Circuit Court panel whose decision was overturned, which means we'll hear endless discussion about this decision: The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters ...
Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor’s Ruling in Firefighters’ Reverse Discrimination Case — CNSNews.com Headlines
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.
Finding Meaning in the New Haven Firefighters Case — the sad red earth
It gives me no pleasure to be in the company of the majority justices in the Supreme Court’s New Haven firefighters decision , Ricci v. DeStefano, (particularly that of Justice Thomas, who only days earlier was the sole justice to support the right of high school administrators to strip ...
State Supreme Court rules for Franken, 5-0 — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Minneapolis Star Tribune[/b] The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that Democrat Al Franken won the U.S. Senate election and said he was entitled to an election certificate that would lead to him being seated in the Senate. "Affirmed," wrote the Supreme Court, unanimously ...
so long supreme souter — skippy the bush kangaroo
i knew he was from new hampshire, too....but a fellow "greenie?" souter departs supreme court with solid environmental legacy. when justice david souter retires from the supreme court today, environmental interests will lose one of their most dependable votes. souter won near-universal praise ...
The GM Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court — American Thinker
Two recent Supreme Court decision show a Court presently willing to curb executive power not found in express statutory terminology.
Sotomayor: Unfit for the Supreme Court — Blogs For Victory
I’m afraid that there can be no justification for backing a Supreme Court nominee who has just been overturned on a major case by the Supreme Court she aspires to join. She was wrong - she played the race card in Judicial Robes and denied justice to fellow Americans. I know we ...
Conservative media claim Supreme Court decided Ricci "9-0" against Sotomayor — Media Matters for America - Latest Items
Following the Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano -- which reversed by a 5-4 margin a decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals -- several conservative media figures have claimed that the Supreme Court decided "against" Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor "9-0." In ...
Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor Decision — Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ] ABC News reports the Supreme Court ruled today that the white New Haven firefighters were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing an appellate decision by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The firefighters’ attorney believes the case will ...
SCOTUS Rules on Ricci — Shakesville
Justices Rule for White Firefighters in Bias Case : The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. New Haven was ...
Sophia A. Nelson: Supreme Court Right in Principle on New Haven Firefighter's Case--But How Will This Impact Good Affirmative Action Policies Going Forward? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
My first reaction to today's Supreme Court ruling that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, is that the Court probably got this one correct. My concern, however, is that a case like this will have a broad and potentially devastating ...
Supreme Court Overrules Sotomayor Decision On Firefighters — The Latest on Air America
The Supreme Court ruled today that white and Latino firefighters were unfairly denied promotions because of their race. The case began nearly 6 years ago, when promotional exam results were dismissed after 18 whites and no African Americans received scores high enough to become lieutenants or ...
Supremes: White Firefighters Unfairly Denied Promotion — Drudge Retort
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no ...
****BREAKING NEWS: Sotomayor Overturned**** — California Conservative
The Supreme Court just overturned Judge Sotomayor’s ruling regarding a set of New Haven, CT firefighters: The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia ...
Supreme Court overturns Sotomayor, an opening for Republican critics (full text) — Top of the Ticket
The Supreme Court today ruled 5-4 for white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who qualified for promotions by doing well on a test that the city later threw out because black firefighters did not. Ordinarily, that would make for an interesting news bulletin, another round in the cultural ...
Ricci ruling reversed — Ben Smith's Blog
Coming in from AP: The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.
Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor's Ricci Decision; Conservatives Rejoice — TPM Election Central
In a 5-4 decision--in which Anthony Kennedy was once again the swing vote--the Supreme Court has rejected a decision by Sonia Sotomayor and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, finding that the city of New Haven's promotion policy for firefighters, amounted to discrimination against whites. The ...
GOPers pounce on New Haven ruling — First Read
From NBC's Ken StricklandSen. Jeff Sessions, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded the Supreme Court's New Haven firefighters ruling, while criticizing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's. She sided with the ...
Supreme Court rules against city in race-based promotions case (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that New Haven, Connecticut, discriminated against a mostly white group of firefighters who were denied promotions, overturning a decision by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
Court rules for white firefighters over promotions (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.