Discrimination Case Could Pose Problems for Sotomayor

Congressional Quarterly ^ | May 28, 2009 | Seth Stern

[libstripper]

A reverse discrimination lawsuit filed by a group of Connecticut firefighters is shaping up to be the most contentious case in which Sonia Sotomayor participated, one sure to provoke sharp questioning when the Senate begins consideration of her nomination to the Supreme Court.

In 2008, Sotomayor was one of three judges on a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit who upheld a trial court's ruling rejecting the reverse discrimination claims by 19 white firefighters, one of whom was also Hispanic. The plaintiffs claimed that the city of New Haven violated their rights by throwing out the results of an officers' promotion exam in which minority candidates received disproportionately low scores.

[libstripper]

It looks like the Magic Latina's favorite trick for ducking accountability for her radicalism and lack of judicial ability is to bury her thinking in unsigned per curiam opinions.

[Mr. K]

shouldn’t supreme court nominess be old and wise?

not this young goofy smile inexperienced nitwit I would not trust to run anything

[I Buried My Guns]

I think the whole "hatred towards white people" could cause problems for her.

I actually approve of this woman, as her placement on the SC will only serve to bring about the (now inevitable) civil war.

[VeniVidiVici]

"She was part of a panel that decided they were bound by previous 2nd Circuit decisions, which meant they couldn't make new law," Marshall said.

LOL! This woman lives and breathes 'new law'.

[Bob017]

Interesting that even a Clinton appointee felt it should go further:

“Cabranes, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, to make the case that Sotomayor and her colleagues were trying to bury the case and make it less likely the Supreme Court would review the claims of reverse discrimination.”