Why do the opinions of the us supreme court sometimes vary widely?”
The US Supreme Court has overturned a ruling endorsed by Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the court. Ms Sotomayor, an appeals court judge, had ruled that white firefighters in Connecticut had not been unfairly denied promotions. But the Supreme Court ruled by five votes to four that the firefighters had been unfairly discriminated against. The ruling could have a significant impact on US employment practices. ‘No right’ The firefighters, from New Haven Connecticut, had taken a promotion exam, but city authorities threw out the results after no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters did well enough to win promotion.
