A closer look at the case that has Sonia Sotomayor under fire

In 2003, New Haven, Conn., offered a test to determine firefighter promotions. When no black firefighters scored high enough to make lieutenant or captain, the city scrapped the results. And the white firefighters who scored highest didn't get promoted either.

Those are the facts behind the federal court case known as Ricci vs. DeStefano, and you're going to be hearing a lot more about it in the coming months. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 1, 2009

The article describes the case in some detail. The background selection and comments seem to favor the inclinations of those who favor racial prejudice under the cover of opposing reverse discrimination. The possibility of a supreme court overturn of the case presumes it would be a verdict on judicial qualification, rather than that it could be the view of a supreme court packed with rich white republicans who are closet racists themselves.

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