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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama cast this week's Supreme Court decision in favor of white firefighters as a narrow case that nevertheless allows employers and educators to take race into account in hiring, promotions and admissions.
Obama, a former constitutional law professor, said the court was "moving the ball" on affirmative action by telling public and private employers they could not easily discard promotion exams just because the results left no African-Americans likely to be promoted.
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Ruling could tarnish Sotomayor
Jun 30th, 2009 - POLITICO.com
In awarding a victory Monday to a group of white firefighters in New Haven who argued that they were denied promotions on account of their race, the U.S. Supreme Court...
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