Sotomayor's "Racist" Decision Overturned
The Supreme Court today narrowly ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who said they were denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision by Judge Sonia Sotomayor and others that had come to play a large role in the consideration of her nomination for the high court.
The city had thrown out the results of a promotion test because no African Americans and only two Hispanics would have qualified for promotions. It said it feared a lawsuit from minorities under federal laws that said such “disparate impacts” on test results could be used to show discrimination.
In effect, the court was deciding when avoiding potential discrimination against one group amounted to actual discrimination against another.
The court’s conservative majority said in a 5 to 4 vote that is what happened in New Haven.
“Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer’s reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions,” wrote Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote for the liberals on the court and said the decision knocks the pegs from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. (Read more.)
B.S. Report–It’s very discouraging when the Court, in a clear-cut, obviously wrong decision still divides along ideological lines. These firefighters were denied promotions simply because they scored higher than those of the “proper” races favored by liberal activists and judge/activists like Sotomayor.
This country has largely moved beyond race–it’s time that our politicians and liberal activists follow suit. Unfortunately, many of them have advanced their careers on the basis of playing the “race hustler” card. It’s too lucrative for them to admit that America is basically a fair country and that we should all be judged by one standard.
