Sonia Sotomayor’s discrimination against the white firefighters overturned.
On the last day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, the high court handed down a major ruling involving race. Justices today ruled the city of New Haven, Connecticut, unfairly denied 20 white firefighters promotions because of their race. The ruling reverses Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s decision. The ruling could alter employment practices nationwide and make it harder to prove discrimination when there is no evidence it was intentional. 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 give Sotomayor’s critics fresh ammunition two weeks before her Senate confirmation hearing. Conservatives say it shows she is a judicial activist who lets her own feelings color her decisions. On the other hand, liberal allies say her stance in the case demonstrates her restraint and unwillingness to go beyond established precedents.
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