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Almost 50 years ago the “tool” of “affirmative action” was implemented to level the playing field for minorities based on prior discrimination in the area of employment, education and access to housing.
However, the pendulum has swung too far to the left as acknowledged by the US Supreme Court today in their ruling in opposition to the position taken by Appeals Court Judge Sonya Sotomayor in the case involving New Haven firefighters where, through the use of affirmative action, white firefighters were denied their promotions.
From the Associated Press comes the following:
“WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a 5-4 decision. The city said that it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities.The ruling could alter employment practices nationwide, potentially limiting the circumstances in which employers can be held liable for decisions when there is no evidence of intentional discrimination against minorities.”
Juice readers. With a black citizen being elected to the highest elected office in the land should “affirmative action” be scrapped?
Have you been denied a job, housing, access to education, or a promotion based on your race, gender or ethnicity?
I am lonely voice at this blog which is opposing any affirmative action fore anyone Larry.
Obviously the US Supreme Court agrees with me.
To appoint Judge Sonya Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court would be grave mistake from which this country will never recover.
We will become a part of the Latin America.
The clear example are California legislators whose majority consists of Latinos or Latino sympathizers by way of political correctness, affirmative action and union socialism.
You can see how California changed from the golden to lead state under the pro-Latino riffraff.
The Supreme Court disagrees with “three” appellate court judges not just Sotomayor.
Judge Sotomayor will be be confirmed as a US Supreme Court Justice.
anonymous.
The difference is that she is the only one of three appelate court judges being recommended for the top court in the land. If any othemwere recommened for the Supreme Court by any president I would post the same report using their names. And while this wasa close split verdict, she has demonstrated her bias in this case which should not be overlooked. Our Constitution, which judge Sotomayor knows better than I, affirmed, by passage of the XXII nd Amendment, that “all men are created equal.” Notice I use the word ALL!
Regarding her confirmation. Whether or not that happens, and your assessment is probably correct, I will not give her a pass on this issue.
Larry, you MIGHT bother to look at Judge Sotomayor’s ENTIRE RECORD on racial discrimination, in her 11 years on the bench she had 96 race-related cases, in 78 of those cases, she REJECTED the claim of discrimination, in 10 of the cases the panel agreed with the plaintiff (9 of those rulings were unanimous) and the remaining cases had to do with other types of claims and dispositions. Hardly the pattern of “bias” that you and other wing-nuts are trying to smear her with.
And by the way, remember Justice Alito had 4 Supreme Court reversals BEFORE he was appointed to SCOTUS.
The only explanation for this is the Supreme Court is a bunch of Hispanic hating racists!!!
…according to Art “La Raza” Pedroza…LOL!
Tests need to be fair and reflect the persons skills. Sometimes the way a question is asked and the answer expected can skew the test to favor a specific person or group. I am not sure how this can be avoided entirely.
Note 4 of the justices voted to uphold the ruling, they must have agreed.
I think she will prove to be a moderate vote on the court, not pleasing to all conservatives or liberals. Which means she is a good choice.
Larry,
EXCELLENT job of mirroring the inane, vapid, mainstream media narrative of the day! With people like you around, who needs to turn on the telly?
ANONSTER IS A FAR LEFT WING NUT . THIS LADY WAS WRONG ON THIS DESCISION . A TEST SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON COLOR AND SHE RULED THAT WAY AND NOW GOT SHOT DOWN . SCORE ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS .
anon. As I wrote this post within the first hour of the Supreme Court decision and, whereas I don’t have time to watch mainstream media, I would argue that once again you are all wet with allegations that I mirror mainstream coverage which has lost its credibility long after Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow.