http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6796/all/%3Ca%20href%3D en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/supreme-court-firefighter-decision-blow-diversity <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times shows its knee-jerk liberalism in the New Haven firefighter case, and defends Obama nominee Sonia Sotomayor. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Times' <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/opinion/01wed1.html?ref="opinion" " target="_self">lead editorial Wednesday </a>proudly flew the liberal flag, calling the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Ricci v. DeStefano (aka the New Haven firefighter case) "a blow to diversity in the American workplace." The case made news because Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, as part of a three-judge appeals court panel, had curtly dismissed the discrimination claim of white firefighter Frank Ricci.</p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/supreme-court-firefighter-decision-blow-diversity" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch FrankRicci NewYorkTimes NYTimes SoniaSotomayor SupremeCourt TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:44:00 +0000 admin 6930 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-continues-probe-sotomayors-racial-rulings <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Legal reporter Adam Liptak hints that the decision Judge Sotomayor and her two appeals court colleagues reached in the reverse discrimination case Ricci v. DeStefano was flawed and unprofessional. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Surprisingly,the <a href=" <a href="http://timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090529161738.aspx" title="http://timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090529161738.aspx">http://timeswatch.org/articles/2009/20090529161738.aspx</a> " target="_self">Times continues to hammer - or at least obliquely criticize - Obama Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor's notorious non-decision in the case of Ricci v.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-continues-probe-sotomayors-racial-rulings" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AdamLiptak FrankRicci NewYorkTimes NYTimes Racism SoniaSotomayor SupremeCourt TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:26:00 +0000 admin 6877 at http://archive2.mrc.org