Finally, a new development in US news to be happy about!! In a decision that will hopefully guide future employment law, the Supreme Court has overturned Judge Sotomayor's decision to deny 20 New Haven firefighters their rightfully earned promotion. Yes, you read that right...the Supreme Court just overturned the decision of the current supreme court nominee.
If you have not been following the news, this was a reverse discrimination case in which 20 firefighters (19 white and 1 hispanic) were denied a promotion, after scoring highest on the promotional exam, just because no other minority firefighters scored high enough for a promotion. Similar things have happened in fire departments (and other places) all through the country; where fair outcomes are rejected just because an employer is afraid of lawsuits. Hopefully this will set a new precedent: if you want to compete, you're going to have to be competitive...no matter what race you are!
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