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Supreme Court Sides with White Firefighters - Opinion
lashawnbarber.com - 6/29/2009
Supreme Court Sides with White Firefighters - Opinion
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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 firefighters and one Hispanic who qualified were ...
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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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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Stop The ACLU:  SCOTUS Overrules Sotomayor in Racial Discrimination Case

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SCOTUS Overrules Sotomayor in Racial Discrimination Case
Stop The ACLU — ... have the votes to confirm Sotomayor, but their big sell — that she was one of the appellate court’s most brilliant minds — just took a body blow on this decision. Most people want to move past the old arguments on race and hiring, feeling that forty years of affirmative-action policies have run their course. Having to defend a jurist who attempted to impose them in a court case will not make Sotomayor seem moderate or reasonable at all, but extreme and perhaps less than competent. LawShawn Barber: A developing meme is that the Supreme Court reversed Sotomayor. Will it make a ...

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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 ...
Firefighters: Sotomayor's benchmark? — The Swamp
by James Oliphant The Supreme Court's reversal Monday of a discrimination ruling involving a group of white Connecticut firefighters has provided critics of high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with some fresh ammunition. Republican senators and conservative groups contend that the ...
Now up at Forbes.com: my reactions on Ricci — Overlawyered
I’ve got an opinion piece up at Forbes.com on today’s Supreme Court decision in Ricci v. DiStefano, the New Haven firefighter reverse-discrimination case. The title: “ Sued If You Do, Sued If You Don’t: Through the Looking Glass on Affirmative Action “. Tags: ...
Discrimination Judicially Enforced If Sotomayor Had Her Way — Right Wing News
From CNN via (Allahpundit of Hotair): A new national poll suggests that nearly two-thirds of Americans think white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut where discriminated against when the city tossed out the results of a promotion exam after too few...
Discrimination Judicially Enforced If Sotomayor Had Her Way — Dr. Melissa Clouthier
From CNN via (Allahpundit of Hotair): A new national poll suggests that nearly two-thirds of Americans think white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut where discriminated against when the city tossed out the results of a promotion exam after too few minorities scored high enough on the ...
backdraft — Knowledge is Power
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 ...
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 ...
Supreme Court reverses Sotomayor on Ricci case — News
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of white firefighters in a Connecticut discrimination case, reversing court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's previous ruling. The 5-4 ruling was expected since the oral arguments in the Ricci v. DeStefano. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote in the case, ...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor in Firefighter Case — RedState: Conservative News and Community
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Kennedy, has reversed Judge Sotomayor’s opinion in the Ricci case. The Court found that there had been discrimination and there was a violation of Title VII.
New Haven Firefighter Opinion to be Released Monday — Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ] Monday will see the spotlight return to Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor after Chief Justice John Roberts’ announcement that the Court will issue opinions in the last 3 cases on this year’s docket. One of those cases is the New Haven ...
Controversial Sotomayor Case Considered Monday — The Page by Mark Halperin
Supreme Court will look at lawsuit by white firefighters who say they have unfairly been denied promotions in their final work day for the summer. Obama's SCOTUS nominee was one of three appeals court judges who ruled that New Haven, Connecticut officials acted properly. Also will be Souter's ...