Court Rules for White Firefighters, Reversing Sotomayor Decision

ABC News by ABC News' Jan Crawford Greenburg, Ariane DeVogue, Dennis Powell, the Associated Press contributed to this report. | Jun. 29, 2009 (News Report)

In a blow to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the Court ruled today that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

In a case that has gone to the Supreme Court, firefighters with the New Haven, Conn., Fire Department say that they were denied promotions because the city gave preferential treatment to ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 1, 2009

The story seems to carry a bias favoring the argument that any action against discrimination is reverse discrimination. It seems to have missed that the court changed the law from the bench ( sign of an activist court ) to require those complaining of discrimination to show intent to discriminate. The hypocrisy of the reactionary right complaining about judicial activism, then celebrating judical activism that supports racism should be a part of the story.

The supreme court is reactionary and will remain so for a while, since the 5-4 majority of right winger judges will remain until a right winger leaves the court.

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