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The Library => The SGA => Topic started by: Tarheel on June 29, 2009, 02:51:08 PM
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Supreme Court Sees Sotomayor's ruling as incorrect, finds that the opinion of a 'wise latina with the richness of her experiences' discriminated against some white firefighters in this case; probably won't stop the socialists from confirming her to the high court though.
This from Townhall.com:
Monday, June 29, 2009
Ricci v. Destafano Overturned
Posted by: Jillian Bandes at 10:14 AM
A decision by Sonia Sotomayor and two other judges was overruled by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision this morning. The move probably won't impact her confirmation but will undoubtedly provide more fodder for critics who are focusing in on Sotomayor's views on race.
The ruling, Ricci v. Destafano, said that 20 white firefighters who were denied a promotion after they took a leadership test were unfairly discriminated against; the test results that would've qualified them for the promotion were thrown out after no black firefighters scored high enough. Sotomayor had previously ruled that discriminating based on race was acceptable in this situation.
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Full article:
http://townhall.com/blog/g/7b02e31e-0a3d-4cd7-8b18-c380be9ba1d4?comments=true&commentsSortDirection=Descending (http://townhall.com/blog/g/7b02e31e-0a3d-4cd7-8b18-c380be9ba1d4?comments=true&commentsSortDirection=Descending)
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Goose this is what you get.
Gander this is what you get.
What an absolute joke that this had to be decided by the highest court in the land and that four of them even thought it was ok! Fuck equality I guess.
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Goose this is what you get.
Gander this is what you get.
What an absolute joke that this had to be decided by the highest court in the land and that four of them even thought it was ok! Fuck equality I guess.
It's only going to get worse. Sotomayor will be confirmed and then you have Ginsberg with pancreatic cancer, and you never know if it gets worse, opens the door for "Neo" to nominate another. Sad days seem to be on the horizon.
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It's only going to get worse. Sotomayor will be confirmed and then you have Ginsberg with pancreatic cancer, and you never know if it gets worse, opens the door for "Neo" to nominate another. Sad days seem to be on the horizon.
Stevens and, especially, Kennedy are the two that I am more worried about should they retire during The ONE's reign. They seem to be the most critical swing votes. Obviously if Scalia and/or Thomas retires then there will be a major imbalance on the Supreme Court.