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  • Sotomayor reversed again: Firefighters can be promoted regardless of race

    06/29/2009 9:51:26 PM PDT · by Abakumov · 15 replies · 804+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | June 30, 2009 | Editorial
    Martin Luther King can rest easy. His dream is being protected by the Supreme Court - against and over the opinion of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The high court's landmark decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, the New Haven, Conn., firefighters case, is a dramatic stride toward the cherished goal of achieving a colorblind society. In Ricci, the court told us that people of ability can succeed regardless of skin color, and government bureaucrats seeking racially biased outcomes can be thwarted in their racist designs.