Supreme Court Overturns Racist Judge Sotomayor

The little hope I have for the Supreme Court in maintaining equal justice under law just went up by about 1 half of 1 percent. Sotomeyor’s opinion that racist hiring to exclude white candidates was called for under federal law was overturned by the Supreme Court.

Here are some excerpts from the Washington Post via the Drudge Report. source.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a 5-4 decision. The city said that it had acted to avoid a lawsuit from minorities.

The ruling could alter employment practices nationwide and make it harder to prove discrimination when there is no evidence it was intentional.

"Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer's reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions," Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his opinion for the court. He was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.

Forget the Term Reverse Discrimination

Racial discrimination is wrong. There is no wiggle room; fancy words such as reverse discrimination, quotas, affirmative action, and others are cover terms for illegal, sinful, and counterproductive racial discrimination.

The Supreme Court’s statement that “Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer’s reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions” reduces the power of thugs and their intimidation in forcing racial discrimination. This is a small, but very important, step for equal justice under law in America. It will make deliberate racial discrimination in employment harder to justify.

Sotomayor Overturned and Shown to be Racist

By reversing her support for blatant racial discrimination, the Supreme Court is telling us Sotomayor is unqualified and that racist appointments are racist acts. Those who support racist acts have no place in America, certainly not on the Supreme Court. Obama should withdraw her nomination immediately. Failing that, Republicans in the Senate should unite and stand strong. Democrats with a belief in fair play and those who have any distaste or aversion to racism should join with Republicans and send a signal that the Supreme Court is off limits to blatant racists.

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Lamar Alexander - TN - (615) 736-5129
John Barrasso - WY - (307) 261-6413
Robert Bennett - UT - (801) 524-5933
Christopher Bond - MO - (573) 634-2488
Sam Brownback - KS - (785) 233-2503
Jim Bunning - KY - (859) 341-2602
Richard Burr - NC - (336) 631-5125
Saxby Chambliss - GA - (770) 763-9090
Tom Coburn - OK - (918) 581-7651
Thad Cochran - MS - (601) 965-4459
Susan Collins - ME - (207) 945-0417
Bob Corker - TN - (423) 756-2757
John Cornyn - TX - (512) 469-6034
Mike Crapo - ID - (208) 334-1776
Jim DeMint - SC - (864) 233-5366
John Ensign - NV - (702) 388-6605
Michael Enzi - WY - (307) 682-6268
Lindsey Graham - SC - (864) 250-1417
Charles Grassley - IA - (515) 288-1145
Judd Gregg - NH - (603) 225-7115
Orrin Hatch - UT - (801) 524-4380
Kay Bailey Hutchison - TX - (214) 361-3500
James Inhofe - OK - (918) 748-5111
Johnny Isakson - GA - (770) 661-0999
Mike Johanns - NE - (308) 632-6032
Jon Kyl - AZ - (602) 840-1891
Richard Lugar - IN - (317) 226-5555
Mel Martinez - FL - (904) 398-8586
John McCain - AZ - (602) 952-2410
Mitch McConnell - KY - (502) 582-6304
Lisa Murkowski - AK - (907) 456-0233
Jim Risch - ID - (208) 342-7985
Pat Roberts - KS - (913) 451-9343
Jeff Sessions - AL - (334) 244-7017
Richard Shelby - AL - (205) 759-5047
Olympia Snowe - ME - (207) 874-0883
John Thune - SD - (605) 334-9596
David Vitter - LA - (337) 262-6898
George Voinovich - OH - (614) 469-6697
Roger Wicker - MS - (601) 965-4644