Isnide the Ricci Decision

The Provocateur ^ | 06/29/2009 | Mike Volpe

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The case of the Ricci Vs. DeStefano has become a lightning rod ever since Judge Sonia Sotomayor was chosen to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court. Today, the Supreme Court reversed Sotomayor's decision 5-4. The majority opinion was written by Justice Kennedy and two concurring opinions were written by Justice Scalia and Justice Alito. The dissenting opinion was written by Justice Ginsberg.

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The news on this SCOTUS decision should be that four justices actually think that it is Constitutional for the state to discriminate against Caucasian for no other reason than that they are Caucasian. State mandated racism. It is Jim Crow for professed noble reasons. I will remind everyone the supporters of Jim Crow avowed noble reasons as well.

Racism is racism is racism, and four of nine justices believe in racism. Why hasn't Obama been asked about this case?

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“Relying so heavily on pencil-and-paper exams to select firefighters is a dubious practice,” Ginsburg said, calling the majority ruling “troubling.”

An appalling statement from the mouth of a Supreme Court Justice. What she is really saying is: “We know minorities are stupid and cannot read and write but you gotta give them jobs anyway”

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From Scalia’s opinion:

“Petitioners were denied promotions for which they qualified because of the race and ethnicity of the firefighters who achieved the highest scores on the City’s exam. The District Court threw out their case on summary judgment, even though that court all but conceded that a jury could find that the City’s asserted justification was pretextual. The Court of Appeals then summarily affirmed that decision.

The dissent grants that petitioners’ situation is “unfortunate” and that they “understandably attract this Court’s sympathy.” But “sympathy” is not what petitioners have a right to demand. What they have a right to demand is evenhanded enforcement of the law—of Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination based on race. And that is what, until today’s decision, has been denied them”.

Get’s right to the point, doesn’t it?

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That’s accurate though I believe that’s Alito’s opinion.