Sotomayor Group Fought Employment Tests
It should surprise no one that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor supports preferential treatment for racial minorities and women. Consequently, one shouldn’t be stunned that she served on the board of a group that filed lawsuits over employment exams similar to the ones in Ricci v. DeStefano. (Source)
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund claimed civil service tests unfairly disadvantaged minorities. Republicans likely will use this information against Sotomayor during upcoming confirmation hearings, although she wasn’t involved in the cases. These facts probably won’t impede her confirmation. Liberals favor preferential treatment for minorities. Sotomayor is a liberal who ruled in favor of the city of New Haven, which discriminated against white firefighters because they were white.
