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Racism rejected: SCOTUS reverses Sotomayor in firefighters case
Michelle Malkin —
[image] President Obama applauds the decision as a victory for equality under the law. Not. Just in … 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. SCOTUS Blog background here . More background here and here . Tom Goldstein : “Ricci result: Kennedy finds a violation of Title VII. An outright reversal 5-4…the plaintiff firefighters won. New Haven violated the law by ...
Sotomayor: Wrong For Today's Court?
Riehl World View —
... Sotomayor was wrong, according to toda's Court. Unfortunately, the four libs came down on her side. SO this won't be the disqualifier some might like to have. Be sure to wish Kennedy a long and happy life in your prayers today. ...
Discrimination Judicially Enforced If Sotomayor Had Her Way
Dr. Melissa Clouthier —
... the new Justice, imagine how this case would have turned out.
The American people voted for Barack Obama hoping for a post-racial, Morgan Freeman-style America. In fact, by nominating Judge Sotomayor, President Obama has decided that identity politics should be front-and-center and that fomenting racial discontent are still essential to Democrat power.
Andrew Breitbart on the identity politics pecking order.
Michelle Malkin says racism lost.
William Jacobson notes:
One other interesting aspect of the case is the issue ...
Discrimination Judicially Enforced If Sotomayor Had Her Way
Right Wing News —
... . William Jacobson notes : One other interesting aspect of the case is the issue of "empathy." Much has been made about Barack Obama's desire for a Justices who show "empathy," and Sotomayor made controversial off-the-bench statements regarding how a "wise Latina" judge would view cases (better or at least differently from white male judges). But in the second paragaraph of her Dissent, Justice Ginsburg noted that "sympathy" for the firefighters played no role in deciding the case. So what exactly is "empathy" as a valid attribute for a Supreme Court Justice? And if Sotomayor ...
Supreme Court rules in Ricci’s favor
Fausta's Blog —
... wrote in the court’s opinion.
“Once that process has been established and employers have made clear their selection criteria, they may not then invalidate the test results, thus upsetting an employee’s legitimate expectation not be judged on the basis of race,” Kennedy wrote. The court’s four other conservative justices joined Justice Kennedy’s opinion.
You can read the complete ruling here.
Law professor William Jacobsen points out,
Assuming Sotomayor is confirmed, her ...
6/29: RINO-Hunting
Blogometer —
Liberal bloggers ( McCarter , Greenwald , digby , hilzoy ) are angry that the Obama admin. is reportedly "crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely." Conservative bloggers ( Malkin , Morrissey , Jacobson , Pilon ) are portraying the SCOTUS's decision 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 ...
SCOTUS Rejects Sotomayor’s “Because I Said So” Decision
The Sundries Shack —
... . That seems a fair resolution to the matter, insofar as it reduces the chance that a frivolous lawsuit could be effectively used as a weapon, but it puts employers like the city in a tougher position. Now, instead of deciding that any potential lawsuit is enough to reason to discriminate against white males, an employer like the city of New Haven will have to use its best judgment to decide whether a potential lawsuit has a reasonable chance of winning. As William Jacobsen notes, the decision was based on New Haven’s focus on race and the “disparate impact” portion of the law ...
