Posted by
Defend America on Monday, June 29, 2009 6:54:29 AM
This important case which deals with reverse discrimination, will be decided tomorrow by the United States Supreme Court. Also, tomorrow will be Justice Souter's last day. First of all I can't stand the phrase reverse discrimination because any way you cut it, it is still discrimination. So I will call it the discrimination case. For those of you who don't know the story here is the issue at hand from SCOTUS Wiki:
Whether municipalities may decline to certify results of an exam that
would make disproportionately more white applicants eligible for
promotion than minority applicants, due to fears that certifying the
results would lead to charges of racial discrimination.
That is an issue because 18 firefighters (white and hispanic) in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, claimed discrimination when they did not get promotions over some of the black candidates, even though they scored better than everybody else. They claimed discrimination, while the city said they were afraid of being accountable for racism and discrimination. They sued the city and Mayor DeStefano. The main plaintiff is Frank Ricci. This case eventually went to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals after the federal district court ruled for the city of New Haven. This is where the case gets interesting because President Obama's nominee Sonia Sotomayor sat on the three judge panel. There was no opinion rendered, instead just a quick summary judgment and Sotomayor's actions were questioned by Clinton appointee Judge Jose Cabranes who asked for a rehearing en banc, but when that was denied, he asked the United States Supreme Court to take up the matter.
And this is where we are today. The case is very important and hopefully the firefighters get what they deserve for scoring exceptionally better than the rest of the candidates. Because of political correctness and affirmation action and every other race-baited program that is supposed to boost up the minority, instead other races are being left behind, which create these problems. I'm pulling for Frank Ricci and the other 17 firefighters.
Also to be decided today is Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, which deals with the documentary that was critical of Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign season.
The issue at hand from SCOTUS Wiki:
Whether federal campaign finance laws apply to a critical film about
Senator Hillary Clinton intended to be shown in theaters and on-demand
to cable subscribers.