Day two of Judge Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings brought a long day of tough questioning. Read the transcript of Tuesday’s live blog below and be sure to join us again on Wednesday.
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Confirmation Hearings Day Two
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged confirmation hearings, federal judicial nominations, news, politics, Ricci v. DeStefano, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayor on July 15, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Ricci v. DeStefano
Posted in Women and Work, tagged CT, Firefighters, New Haven, Ricci v. DeStefano, SCOTUS, Title VII on June 30, 2009, | 4 Comments »
In a decision that could have far-reaching implications for employers and the labor force nationwide, yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of the firefighter plaintiffs in the case Ricci v. DeStefano. In Ricci, 20 white firefighters and one Hispanic firefighter sued the city of New Haven, Connecticut, for throwing out the results [...]
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