US top court rules against city on race, overturns Sonia Sotomayor decision, page 1

US top court rules against city on race, overturns Sonia Sotomayor decision

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WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that New Haven, Connecticut, discriminated against a mostly white group of firefighters who were denied promotions, overturning a decision by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

By a 5-4 vote and splitting along conservative and liberal lines, the justices overturned a ruling for the city by a U.S. appeals court panel that included Sotomayor, who is President Barack Obama's nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter

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Thats goign to make for some interesting water cooler talk around the SC when she get in. I at one time had asperations to be a firefighter, but it became apparent in both action and outright being told, I did not have a chance unless I was a female or a minority. Its good to see that ability should be the qualifier these days for positions.

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reply to post by Jacob08

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to bad no one followed that advice when we elected our current pres a dent

reply to post by yellowcard

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no news outlets are really following this on-

I have had FOX on *gasp* all morning, and they have repeatedly covered this.

[edit on 6/29/2009 by greeneyedleo]

reply to post by WinoBot

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People make bad calls

Yes, people make bad calls. But judges should not. Do they? Yes! Should they? NO! They are judges with people's lives in their hands. They should make fair honest legal calls. Period. Is this a utopian world idea I have? Maybe, but we are not talking about regular people like you and me........but......JUDGES. Though I study criminal law, not civil - I just do not see how any judge could have said the City was right in this decision.

[edit on 6/29/2009 by greeneyedleo]

reply to post by FredT

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Ladies and gentlemen, what is rarely discussed in these frivolous cases is the actual monetary cost for reviewing and trialing over and over. Consider for a moment that the U.S. Supreme Court is being called upon to adjudicate the hiring of firefighters. Not that firefighters are not important, this case is simply a no-brainer. (Insert your own joke regarding Sotomayor here!) Mindboggling!

We pay, we pay and justice is further weakened by this onslaught of nonsense. Our legal system is over burdened. Wow has that ever become cliché? Every issue crippling the economy (i.e. the country) can be traced at least partially to frivolous lawsuits and/or regulators/judges that are if not entirely negligent of their duties are injecting opinion where law should be the determinant. And so we pay and hard working citizens like these firefighters are kept in personal limbo. There are pressures to conserve all our resources but this huge waste is rarely, seriously questioned.

What is a criminal lawyer?

A redundancy.

My apologies to criminals.

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