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"There's less than meets the eye, politically speaking, in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the circuit court ruling (in which Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor participated) that favored New Haven, CT, over its firefighters in a racial discrimination suit. The outcome wouldn't have been any different had Sotomayor actually been a member of the court; after all, she's been tapped to replace David Souter, who's always been a reliable liberal vote on the court.

Still, the case points out the inherent silliness that underlies much of the liberal support for strict adherance to affirmative action goals. When a building is on fire, the vast majority of folks won't care about the color of their rescuer. It's likewise foolish to base promotion decisions mainly on whether diversity is served, unless it can be proved the methods used to make those decisions were racially biased."

http://community.thetimes-tribune.com/blogs/johncole/archive/2009/07/02/what-s-the-emergency.aspx

Past New Haven Independent stories on fire department promotions and the Ricci case:
• Supreme Court Overturns City On Ricci
• On Page 25, A Hint
• Minority Firefighters Vow Post-Ricci Unity
• Ricci Ruling Won’t End Quest
• Ricci, Sotomayor Brand DeStefano
• Firefighter Case Reveals Surprise Obama Stand
• Justices Zero In On Race-Based Distinctions
• Rights Groups Back Black Firefighters
• The Supreme Stakes: Title VII’s Future
• Dobbs v. Bolden
• Latino Group Backs White Firefighters
• Black Firefighters: Ricci Case Poses Grave Threat
• NAACP Backs City In Firefighter Case
• Paging Justice Kennedy
• Fire Inspectors Promoted
• Fire Inspector List Approved
• U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Firefighters’ Case
• Fire Promotions Examined in Supreme Court

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