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Old 05-28-2009
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Re: Sotomayor chosen as SC nominee (academic discussion)

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Originally Posted by Doctor Who View Post
So with her ruling on the firefighters case, it would see she did not consider the societal effects or the constitution since she basically ruled for quotas and will most certainly be overturned.
She did not rule for quotas. She ruled a test to be racist and irrelevant in determining merit for firefighter promotions, and as a result, qualified non-White firefighters could get promoted, whereas before, the test excluded non-Whites for no reason.

Her ruling had a positive impact.
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