An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Reversal
Court Rules for White Firefighters in Discrimination Case
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a group of white firefighters in Connecticut were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision endorsed by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
The 5-4 ruling poses a potential complication to Sotomayor’s nomination, with confirmation hearings set to start in July.
In the high-profile, controversial case, white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., argued they were discriminated against when the city tossed out the results of a promotion exam because too few minorities scored high enough on it.
Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the opinion in favor of Frank Ricci and his fellow firefighters who sued the city of New Haven.
“The city’s action in discarding the tests violated (federal law),” the Supreme Court majority wrote Monday, adding that the city’s “race-based rejection of the test results” could not be justified.
Potential complication, eh? I’d say it was a given that this woman should never have even been in the running. But that’s just me. I have a tendency to think logically, whereas the Poser in Chief, evidently, does not.
Do we really need a judge who has had her decisions reversed 60%? Just asking. I don’t know about you, but I’d be a lot happier if judges sitting on the bench in the highest court in the land had at least a working knowledge of the law, and the U.S. Constitution. Is that asking too much?
We have seen for years, many cases of discrimination coming before the courts. Some were legitimate, others were plain BS. Typically, the race discriminated against was black. Unfortunately, there are still some people in this country who believe that because a person’s skin color is different, they aren’t as capable of doing a job. Affirmative action is one of those ‘feel good’ propositions that does nothing more than cause more discrimination. A person’s ability to do the job is not controlled by the skin color, but by the amount of time he/she puts into learning to do said job. These firefighters worked hard, took the tests, passed, and were denied promotion. Why? Because of the color of their skin! Wrong is wrong……period! Sotomayor was wrong then, and she’ll be wrong in the future. Being a a Latina does not automatically give her a greater understanding of the law than my license to legally get behind the wheel of a car automatically makes me an expert in Nascar.
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