[reaganaut1]

According to Los Angeles Times story on the case, discussed here , 'The Obama administration, taking its first stand on race and civil rights, sided with the city officials and said they were justified in dropping the test if it had "gross exclusionary effects on minorities."'

There is a general problem. Whites score higher than blacks on IQ tests by about one standard deviation, and the scores on most standardized tests, including the SAT, are highly correlated with IQ tests. Studies have found that standardized tests do not underpredict the performance of minorities, but Obama and other black and Hispanic Democratic politicians demand equal results, not equal opportunities.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Obama and other black and Hispanic Democratic politicians demand equal results, not equal opportunities

In a nutshell, that’s the difference between conservatism and communism. And “socialism” and “liberalism” are just shades of red.

The commies want uniform mediocrity. Those of merit need not apply. How depressing!

This decision will be 5 to 4. Impossible to predict which way. It depends on how Kennedy votes, I think.

[Alberta's Child]

"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race," Chief Justice Roberts wrote.

Sometimes the most simple, self-evident statement is the most difficult for dingbats and losers to understand.

[The Great RJ]

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,”

Amen! This whole affirmative action business giving preference to racial groups regardless of qualification has always been reverse discrimination. You would think after the court's ruling in the Bakke case this all would have ended.

[antiRepublicrat]

gross exclusionary effects on minorities

How could any test on firefighting have anything exclusionary for minorities? They're going to have a hard time convincing SCOTUS of this.

[Question_Assumptions]

That decision prompted Mr. Ricci and 17 other white firefighters, including one Hispanic, to sue the city, alleging racial discrimination.

This sentence illustrates the scam of the "Hispanic" classification. Many Hispanic people are white, some are black, some are of pre-columbian ancestry, and many are a mixed. They are not a monolithic group, racially or ethnically.