A Sotomayor Ruling Gets Scrutiny
By SUZANNE SATALINE, JESS BRAVIN and NATHAN KOPPEL
WSJ
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- With a single paragraph, Judge Sonia Sotomayor and two colleagues dashed the hopes of firefighters here who believed they'd scored high enough on exams to win a promotion.
The three federal appeals judges said last year the city had the right to reject the results of two tests because no black firefighters scored high enough.
The ruling is now turning into perhaps the most contentious of the 4,000 Judge Sotomayor made in 17 years on the federal bench, and it is likely to come up in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The justices whom she may soon join on the high court are expected to rule within weeks on the case, which they took on an appeal by white firefighters.
Firefighters here said Thursday that court decisions so far have left bitterness in the department. Several men seeking a lieutenant's job gave up second jobs to devote themselves to studying, said their lieutenant.
(More here.)
WSJ
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- With a single paragraph, Judge Sonia Sotomayor and two colleagues dashed the hopes of firefighters here who believed they'd scored high enough on exams to win a promotion.
The three federal appeals judges said last year the city had the right to reject the results of two tests because no black firefighters scored high enough.
The ruling is now turning into perhaps the most contentious of the 4,000 Judge Sotomayor made in 17 years on the federal bench, and it is likely to come up in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. The justices whom she may soon join on the high court are expected to rule within weeks on the case, which they took on an appeal by white firefighters.
Firefighters here said Thursday that court decisions so far have left bitterness in the department. Several men seeking a lieutenant's job gave up second jobs to devote themselves to studying, said their lieutenant.
(More here.)
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