Ethics

Strange Bedfellows on the Sotomayor Ruling

By Ed Brayton

Remember the Ricci case, the New Haven firefighters lawsuit that Sotomayor ruled on that has created so much controversy? Politico cites a rather odd fact: the Obama administration is actually urging the Supreme Court to overturn that ruling even while defending her for making it. And Alaska, led by Sarah Palin, has filed a brief in favor of upholding that ruling. Make of that what you will.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).