SCOTUS overturns Sotomayor on emRicci/em

June 29, 2009
SCOTUS overturns Sotomayor on Ricci
Thomas Lifson
On a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court overturned the Ricci case, in which white firefirefighters were denied promotion because not enough minorities passed it the promotion exam.

It is good the Court ruled against targeting white males for discrimination. But the bad news is that 4 justices disagree, with Sotomayor haviung decided with the minority at the appellate court level.

So WHY would we want a supreme court justice, who 6 out of 7 of her opinions that went up to the supreme court were overruled?! Does this make sense? Obviously she is a lousy judge if the supreme court over turns her decisions 86% of the time. Well there is the fact that she is a Latina and she came from the projects of the Bronx. So i guess that is more important than her Judicial record.

SCOTUS overturns Sotomayor on emRicci/em

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