<![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor Battle Lines: Firefighters And Baseball]]>

1.0 link 207640 <![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor Battle Lines: Firefighters And Baseball]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/sonia-sotomayor-talking-p_n_207640.html Well, here's the first salvo in your Sonia Sotomayor Talking Points Battle. On the one hand: FIREFIGHTERS! Specifically the firefighters of New Haven, Connecticut, tied up in the Ricci v. DeStefano case. Here's the Wikipedia's summary of the case:

At the center of the case is New Haven's 2003 promotion exams to select firefighters for 15 open captain and lieutenant positions within the fire department. One hundred eighteen candidates took the test, 27 of them black. After the tests were...

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