Monday, June 29, 2009

Was Sotomayor Out of the Mainstream on White Firefighters?

Patrick writes, “A substantial majority of Americans disagree with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and agree with the majority of the Supreme Court on the question of whether or not white firefighters from the City of New Haven were discriminated against, according to a new CNN/opinion Research Corporation poll.” There’s another angle to this, per Glenn Greenwald...

Topics: race, supreme-court, firefighters, scotus, sotomayor

CNN Poll: 65% Say White Firefighters Were Victims of Discrimination

A substantial majority of Americans disagree with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and agree with the majority of the Supreme Court on the question of whether or not white firefighters from the City of New Haven were discriminated against, according to a new CNN/opinion Research Corporation poll.

Topics: barack-obama, supreme-court, firefighters, sonia-sotomayor