-Sotomayor's reverse racism decision against white firefighters reversed in the Supreme Court

From Fox News:

In the high-profile, controversial case, white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., argued they were discriminated against when the city tossed out the results of a promotion exam because too few minorities scored high enough on it.

Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the opinion in favor of Frank Ricci and his fellow firefighters who sued the city of New Haven.

"The city's action in discarding the tests violated (federal law)," the Supreme Court majority wrote Monday, adding that the city's "race-based rejection of the test results" could not be justified.

The city argued its action was prompted by concern that disgruntled African American firefighters would sue. But that reasoning didn't hold sway with the court's majority. "Fear of litigation alone cannot justify the city's reliance of race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions," the court ruled.

This decision, like many of the close cases before the high court, divided along its familiar ideological lines. Kennedy was joined by the four conservatives on the court in issuing the majority decision. The court's more liberal members joined Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissent which she read from the bench.

"The white firefighters who scored high on New Haven's promotional exams understandably attract the court's sympathy," she said. "But they had no vested right to promotion."

The firefighters are expected to hold a press conference Monday afternoon in New Haven. Twenty firefighters — 19 white and one Hispanic — who were denied promotions in New Haven, Conn., claimed city officials discriminated against them because they were more concerned about potential complaints of Civil Rights Act violations than their performance on advancement exams. The white firefighters argued discrimination is discrimination no matter what color it takes, and therefore, the city did violate the Civil Rights Act in not promoting the white and one Hispanic firefighters.

Apparently this "wise Latina woman" couldn't figure out what the big, bad white man could.

-Obama makes another gaffe while presenting his racist Supreme Court nominee

President Obama in another display of his brilliant oratory prowess has demonstrated his lack of knowledge about the Constitution that he has so readily shredded.

This was all during his presenting his new nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor is a Hispanic woman, which apparently was one of the qualifications for being an empathetic judge according to Barack Obama. At a 2002 speech in Berkeley California, Sotomayor made this statement:

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

That is a textbook definition of racism. But minorities cannot be racist right?

-The New Discrimination

The recent resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter means that President Obama has a new spot to fill. Here are a few quotes from the Senate regarding the new vacancy:

"I would like to see more people from outside the judicial monastery, somebody who has had some real-life experience, not just as a judge," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said on ABC's "This Week."

Sen. Arlen Specter, who this past week announced he was switching his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, said the next Supreme Court justice need not be a judge, or even a lawyer.

He told NBC's "Meet the Press" that he hopes Obama will bypass the federal appeals court, historically the breeding ground for Supreme Court nominees, in his search. He said the president could choose a "statesman or stateswoman" for the position instead.

"I would hope that he would look beyond the Circuit Courts of Appeals which now populates the Supreme Court and pick someone with a greater world experience and diversity," Specter said, noting that the sitting justices have "lives and experiences which are all very similar."

"It would be good to get people who know something besides wearing a black robe," Specter said.

He said women, Hispanics and African-Americans need to be better represented on the high court.

Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also said the court needs more women and minorities.

Hatch said he hopes Obama chooses "somebody of great dimension."

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., also warned against picking a so-called activist judge.



Why would you hire someone simply because of their skin color, background, or ethnicity? One would think that your hire would be based the applicant/nominee's qualifications for the position. No matter who it is. If the most qualified person for the position of Supreme Court Justice is an African-American female, a second generation Mongolian immigrant, or, God forbid, a Caucasian male, then they should be the one to fill the vacancy. It does not do a black person or a Latino justice to have one of their own on the bench simply because of their ethnicity. You are doing a diservice to their respective groups. Why would you not want the best, even if that is a white man? Why should an activist get the job over a judge?

The quotes above reveal the new mindset of our government and most liberals: look "good" and hire someone who does not deserve it and do an injustice to the American people rather than to fill the position with someone who knows what they are doing. These mindsets and practices are in place in our admission systems and our corporate hiring structures, among other things. If an African-American can become President of the United States, why should any minority be thought of as having less of an opportunity to succeed? We want the best at what they do, no matter WHAT jobthey will be doing, whether black, white, yellow, or green is the color of their skin and no matter their gender.

We have not progressed as far as we like to think we have with race issues if we cannot disregard the color of one's skin when it comes to hiring or going to school, just as same as any other time.