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"Justices Explore Role Race May Play in Employment"

"Justices Explore Role Race May Play in Employment": Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that "Justices Weigh Anti-Bias Move's Impact on Whites." In addition, columnist Dana Milbank has a "Washington Sketch" essay entitled "The Supremes Sing the Oldies."

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Supreme Court weighs race in hiring and promotions; The justices hear an appeal by white firefighters from Connecticut, who say their exam results were thrown out when city officials realized it would mean no black colleagues would be promoted."

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that "Court tackles racial bias in work promotions; White firefighters allege discrimination."

In The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that "High Court Weighs Bias in Firefighters' Test."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Reverse-discrimination case splits Supreme Court; Justice Kennedy appears to be the tiebreaking vote on whether New Haven, Conn., discriminated against white firefighters."

The Hartford Courant reports that "U.S. Supreme Court Hears New Haven Firefighters' Reverse Discrimination Arguments."

law.com's Tony Mauro reports that "All Eyes on Kennedy in Firefighters Discrimination Case at High Court."

And The Yale Daily News reports that "Race bias case divides Court."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).