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WASHINGTON – Foes of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor celebrated the high court's reversal of her decision in a reverse discrimination case.
The 5-4 ruling Monday, backing of reverse discrimination claims by white firefighters, is unlikely to derail Sotomayor's nomination — and it may not even sway a vote. Reaction to the decision fell almost purely along partisan lines, with Republicans cheering the decision and saying it raises serious concerns about the judge, and Democrats condemning the opinion and arguing that Sotomayor had acted appropriately.
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Jun 29th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Philadelphia - Can you break the law to avoid breaking the law? It sounds like a riddle, or a logical paradox, but in fact it is the question underlying yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Ricci v...
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Conservatives and Republicans were fast off the mark heralding the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate a New Haven, Conn., decision to deny promotions to white firefighters...
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with white firefighters in their workplace discrimination lawsuit, a divisive case over the role race should place in job advancement. In the split 5-4 vote...
Supreme Court bidding goodbye to Souter
Jun 29th, 2009 - Philly.com
WASHINGTON - It's Justice David Souter's last day on the Supreme Court and he'll be ruling on a case familiar to the woman nominated to replace him. It's a reverse discrimination case filed by white firefighters in New Haven, Conn...
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