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washingtonmonthly.com - 6/29/2009
Ricci ruling
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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...
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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scotusblog.com - 6/29/2009
What Ricci says about the Supreme Court’s views of Judge Sotomayor
— scotusblog.com — Justice Kennedy’s opinion in Ricci will inevitably be put under the microscope for what it tells us... about the Justices’ views of how the Second Circuit panel that included Judge Sotomayor handled the case. The Justices themselves were ... (more) What Ricci says about the Supreme Court’s views of Judge ...

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SCOTUS overrules Sotomayor on Ricci
hotair.com - 6/29/2009
SCOTUS overrules Sotomayor on Ricci
— hotair.com — Read this post » (more) SCOTUS overrules Sotomayor on Ricci

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Shakesville:  SCOTUS Rules on Ricci

Blogometer:  6/29: RINO-Hunting

culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily:  The irony of brown-skinned white supremacists

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SCOTUS Rules on Ricci
Shakesville — ... the white firefighters "understandably attract this court's sympathy. But they had no vested right to promotion. Nor have other persons received promotions in preference to them." They had no vested right to promotion is pretty much the crux of the whole case, as far as I'm concerned. Seven words that say a hell of a lot about entitlement and privilege. Related reading: CNN Poll: Two-thirds think firefighters were discriminated against. Also see: Steve and LeMew. ...

6/29: RINO-Hunting
Blogometer — ... in the Ricci case -- which "revers[ed] a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge" -- as a blow to Sotomayor's chances of having a smooth Senate confirmation. Liberal bloggers ( Benen , ...

The irony of brown-skinned white supremacists
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — ... Never mind that Judge Sotomayor was part of a unanimous appeal in the Second Circuit that wanted to uphold precedent. Never mind that Sotomayor and all the other judges ...

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No Ricci ruling today
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Conservative Meme: Did All Nine Justices Disagree With Sotomayor?
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It was a 5-4 split
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Doug Kendall: Grasping at Straws: Sotomayor, Ricci, and The Lunatic Fringe
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Wendy Long Now Writing Stuart Taylor's Columns
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Krauthammer's Take
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Irony: SCOTUS' Ricci Decision Hurts Businesses
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Ricci Reversal Only Vindicates Judge Sotomayor — Comments from Left Field
As Glenn Greenwald put it, in the first of four points about the ruling : In light of today’s ruling, it’s a bit difficult — actually, impossible — for a rational person to argue that Sotomayor’s Ricci decision places her outside the judicial mainstream ...
Ricci And What The Obama Administration Can Do — TalkLeft
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Olivia Offner: White House: Overturning of Ricci Doesn't Matter — Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs did his best to spin the Supreme Court's reversal of Sotomayor's ruling in Ricci vs. DeStefano today during his briefing. Gibbs said that the high court's decision that the white...
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The Supreme Court's Ricci decision continues to expose the fault lines for the confirmation hearings of Judge Sotomayor.
North Dakota Judicial Confirmation Network Blasts Sotomayor On Ricci Ruling — Say Anything
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Developing: US Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor in Ricci — A Blog For All
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Empathy Wins! — Balloon Juice
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Supreme Court reverses Sotomayor on Ricci case — News
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