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White firefighters who won a race-discrimination case before the Supreme Court in 2009 will receive about $2 million in damages from the City of New Haven, officials said Thursday. The settlement helps end a seven-year-long legal battle that propelled national debate over racial justice.
The Supreme Court ruled that officials had violated white firefighters’ civil rights when they threw out the results of promotion tests in 2003 because too few minority applicants did well.
The case became an issue in confirmation hearings for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who ruled against the white firefighters when she served on a federal appeals court.
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THOUSAND POINTS of RIGHT
Isn't it great that Shaitberger and the IAFF backed Obama. The 'Big Picture', of this once great nation, escapes these fools. The Thousand Points of Right warned that if Obama was elected, he may have the opportunity to nominate 3-4 U.S. Supreme Court Justices. So far he's got 2... another term and it will be 2 more ! That will be the final blow and death knell to our Forefather's U.S. Constitution !
The AFL-CIO, SEIU and IAFF are blinded by excessive salaries, 'plastic', re-election and abusing YOUR almost Million Dollars in dues that the UFA and UFOA forks-over to the IAFF 'every year' !
'Politics is Local' still holds true today. Former Active Firefighters, Police, Teachers, etc should focus on Local Politics. We have the numbers and we need to protect our hard won benefits. Perhaps we can count on the unions small numbers to help the large Former Active City Employees in their pursuit of electing politicians who are sympathetic to Retiree issues ! They may be helpful.
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BRAINS & BRAWN
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"The brain benefits from being used, so that, in a neat circle, resistance training may both demand and create additional brain circuitry. Imagine what someone like Einstein might have accomplished if he had occasionally gone to the gym."
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