Supreme Court to decide final 3 cases on Monday (including affirming/rejecting Sotomayor in Ricci)

[usregimechange]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A closely watched discrimination lawsuit by white firefighters who say they have unfairly been denied promotions is one of three remaining Supreme Court cases awaiting resolution Monday.

The court intends to finish its work for the summer that day, Chief Justice John Roberts said. The court also will say goodbye to Justice David Souter who has announced he will retire "when the court rises for the summer recess."

Appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor, nominated to take Souter's place, was one of three judges who ruled that officials in New Haven, Conn., acted properly in throwing out firefighters' promotions exams because of racially skewed results.

The city says it decided not to use the test scores to determine promotions because it might have been vulnerable to claims the exam had a "disparate impact" on minorities in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The white firefighters said the decision violated the same law's prohibition on intentional discrimination.

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[SoCalDem]

1. They'll strike down Sotomayor's case.

It won't matter if it's the right or wrong thing to do.. It's the RIGHTwing thing to do, so it will be done.

[elleng]

2. Its incorrect and foolish to refer to this as 'Sotomayor's case.'

Even AP recognized that she 'was one of three judges who ruled'.

[usregimechange]

3. Perhaps but I could barely fit what I wanted to convey what the news was in the title