Sotomayor, Supreme Court...issues.....
 

This should be interesting...


U.S. Supreme Court overturns ruling backed by high court nominee Sotomayor in white firefighters' discrimination case.

FULLY agree.

Who was the swing vote? 5-4 is close.

Here is the full text of the decision w/ dissents.

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/07-1428.pdf

I would hope the split is always close, if it isn't there is a HUGE problem when reviewing another courts ruling IMO.

In the original: In June 2008, Sotomayor was part of a 7-6 majority that denied a rehearing of the case by the full court.

Lets get this straight, they scored higher on the test but didn't deserve promotion?? :dunno:

Its about time, discrimination should work in both directions.
We had the same problem here with police were they said the tests are too hard
for African Americans. So the city actual paid African Americans to avoid any major
law suits.
This is crazy either you got what it takes or you don't.
This is a discrimination towards educated people, period!

I can not believe Ginsburg's statement - just what was the purpose of taking the test?

Crazy isn't it. Only in America. I love my country by stuff like that just gets me pissed off.

she is on the spotlight today..

shes all ours now!!

I vote to remove the race checkbox from applications, examinations, etc. Let it be 100% purely by qualifications. But logic like that is far from reality. :rolleyes:

:iagree:

No because then according to Gates and the like, "minorities" would never be equal...maybe those select individuals aren't equal if you're removing competition from the task :dunno:

I'd much rather see them as equals qualification wise than by numbers for political reasons. But that would require a change in the way the politicians think, and they way the minorities that "play the race card" to get what they want think as well.

But if there was absolutely no way to know the race by the application or evaluation etc. then there is absolutely no way to play the race card. Let it be solely based on performance and qualifications, nothing else. Then the people with little to no qualifications/skills will be forced to man up. Sink or swim. (I still believe in survival of the fittest in some circumstances)

But unfortunately if the unskilled people can't get jobs due to lack of skill, not being the better man for the job... then the Government would inevitably put them in government housing, on welfare, and with stimulus check in pocket... :rolleyes:

:thumbup:

People aren't hired without a face-to-face interview, at least in any industry I can think of, regardless if "race" is on the application or not. Therefore, race (or gender, or age, etc.) will never be out of the hiring equation completely. Promotions based on examinations or physical skills may be free of possible discrimination, but you got to get the job first.