washingtonmonthly.com - 6/29/2009
—
washingtonmonthly.com —
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...
(more)
Ricci ruling
news.yahoo.com - 6/29/2009
washingtonpost.com - 6/29/2009
—
washingtonpost.com —
Ruling Reverses High-Profile Decision by Supreme Court Nominee
Sonia Sotomayor By Robert Barnes Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 29, 2009 12:07 PM The Supreme Court today narrowly ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., ...
(more)
High Court Rules for White Firefighters in ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
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 test.
Monday the Supreme Court, in a five to four vote, ruled in favor of the white firefighters.
And of course, this kind of discrimination is “endemic”:
And fair-minded people are sick of the racial politics because it serves no one except Jesse ...
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 minorities scored high enough on the test. Monday the Supreme Court, in a five to four vote, ruled in favor of the white firefighters. And of course, this kind of discrimination is "endemic": And fair-minded people are sick of the racial politics because it serves no one except Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton: And yet, Judge Sotomayor believes a person's skin color is sufficient reason to force companies to give people raises or ...
Related Content
Sotomayor
nytimes.com 5/26/2009 — Judge Sotomayor's most high-profile case, Ricci v. DeStefano, concerns white firefighters in New Haven who were denied promotions after an examination yielded no black firefighters eligible for advancement. Joining an unsigned opinion of a three-judge ...
Ricci Vs. DeStefano
forbes.com 6/29/2009 — Monday's decision of the United States Supreme Court in the New Haven Firefighter's affirmative action case, Ricci v. DeStefano reveals an open wound on affirmative action by public bodies that time has not healed. As a technical matter, the case ...
Court rules for white firefighters over promotions
(AP)
news.yahoo.com 6/29/2009 — 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 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 ...
Supreme Court Overturns J. Sotomayor in Ricci v. DeStefano
minx.cc 6/29/2009 — The Court holds 5-4 that New Haven's decision to discard the test results because too few non-Hispanic minorities passed violated the Civil Rights Act. Opinion is here (PDF). Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joined by the Chief Justice and Justices...
Supreme Court Rules on Ricci v. DeStefano | Cato @ Liberty
cato-at-liberty.org 6/29/2009 — ">Supreme Court Rules on Ricci v. DeStefano Posted by Roger Pilon In its opinion today in Ricci v. DeStefano , the Supreme Court came down solidly for upholding the equal protection of the law. The political implications of this decision for the ...
Here Comes the Judge (Before Sotomayor) - City Room Blog
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com 7/10/2009 — For weeks, Ricci v. DeStefano has been the most talked about civil rights case in Connecticut, a 2004 reverse discrimination lawsuit filed by Frank Ricci and other New Haven firefighters who challenged the city’s decision not to move forward with ...
Raising the SCOTUS confirmation stakes —
First Read 6/29/2009
From NBC's Pete Williams
While the Supreme Court did reverse the ruling that Sonia Sotomayor joined in the New Haven case, it also raised the stakes for getting her confirmed early.The court today took the unusual step of holding one case back ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
