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Supreme Court rules New Haven discriminated against white firefighters
This, from the Wall Street Journal, is worth reading in full. For those in a hurry, here are the highlights:
The U.S. Supreme Court, voting 5-4 in a case that has been a lightning rod for high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, invalidated a Connecticut city’s decision to scrap the results of a firefighter promotion exam in [...]
Common Law, Civil Law, and the Supreme Court
The recent nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has again brought to a head the oft heard words of “judicial activism” and “judge made law.” ”Conservatives” often make the statement that judges should only “apply the law and not make it.” But this begs the question, given the legal history of this country, is this [...]
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