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Old 05-26-2009
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re: Sotomayor chosen as SC nominee (academic discussion)

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This should stay in breaking news....

Anyway she also ruled against a town that threw out the fireman exam sonce too many WHITES passed it and not enough "minorities"....

The town wanted to promote minorities over the whites since and the test got in its way.
Inaccurate. The relevant issue in that case was whether the test results were relevant in gauging whether someone in the fire department merited a promotion.

The conclusion was the test was flawed. . .

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Still, the test Ricci took was not necessarily a properly designed promotional exam.

Supreme Court Hears Firefighter Promotion Case : NPR
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