White Firefighters could Backdraft Sotomayor Appointment
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday 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.
The ruling could alter employment practices nationwide and make it harder to prove discrimination when there is no evidence it was intentional.
New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a 5-4 decision. The city said that it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities.
The ruling could give Sotomayor's critics fresh ammunition two weeks before her Senate confirmation hearing. Conservatives say it shows she is a judicial activist who lets her own feelings color her decisions. On the other hand, liberal allies say her stance in the case demonstrates her restraint and unwillingness to go beyond established precedents.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=1088058f-3c3c-4d52-8d57-a15f2fb8ee86)
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I think this was interesting perspective that you take in/by way of saying...she monstranced some capacity for restraint and unwillingness to go beyond established precedents...
Might this have been a clue to what she knew of those that might decide her future capacity to be employed where she is now?
I'm wondering for I was of the same perspective AGAINST her...but a voice drove me to consider that another to follow might not be wise to treasure w/o SUCH a person's immediate will to have TWO opposite dispositions by a female ensued.
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