[businessprofessor]

This case looks like a slam dunk. The plaintiffs want racial preferences, jumping ahead of those who scored highly qualified. In addition, the deadline for legal actions seems to have passed. I am surprised that the supreme court took this case.

[xzins]

In this jobless economy, I have sympathy for anyone who wants to work and can’t find a job.

If I’m an employer, I only consider those for the job who, in my opinion, are fully qualified. I try to hire the one I think is best qualified.

I can see a problem with using only test scores to determine something like that, but I can also see not underestimating the information that the test scores give you.

[IrishCatholic]

Well, it wouldn’t be the flip side, would it? The higher scores were hired. How is that discrimination?

[Grunthor]

[Only “Well Qualified” Hired]

Raciss?

[cranked]

Affirmative action has long served its purpose....time to repeal it.

[givemELL]

No doubt we will see, in all walks of life, equal jobs for all reagardless of skills if liberalism, blowing on the wind, continues its blast. For example,if anyone thinks medicine is “chancy’ now, even with “board certified” marketed to the nth degree, wait until “board certified” gets challenged, broadened and diluted to a much lower level for inclusion in the to be unionized and salaried medical millieau that is coming.

[LostInBayport]

the city of Chicago was sued for illegal discrimination by more than 6,000 African Americans who earned "qualified" scores on an entry-level test given by the Fire Department, but who lost out to mostly white applicants who had higher, "well qualified" scores.

The fact that this is before a court says a lot about how political correctness has infected our culture. A merit based system is now automatically suspect if it doesn't produce results that satisfy the Diversity Cops.

[BobL]

Bad timing on their part. All they need was one extra liberal vote and they’d own the court. Too bad.

[Clock King]

Well then, black people need to start being “well-qualified”. That means study hard and know what your employer is looking for.

[Repeat Offender]

Well, if these guys win, does that mean I can receive 0% financing on a new car if I am a "qualified" buyer, vice a "well qualified" buyer?

To answer my own rhetorical question -- I guess it depends on what the definition of "is" is and how much more we are willing to take.

[Marty62]

So the fact that they scored lower than others is a case of discrimination?
BS