Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor's Racist Decision

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly

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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.

Washington Post