Any Thoughts Re: Firefighter says Sotomayor's ruling divides people
WASHINGTON – Frank Ricci, the white firefighter who recently won his reverse discrimination case at the Supreme Court, said Thursday that an unfavorable ruling by Sonia Sotomayor and other judges "divides people who don't wish to be divided along racial lines." Ricci and his firefighting colleague from New Haven, Conn., Lt. Ben Vargas, denounced the appeals court ruling by Sotomayor and two other judges on the federal appeals court in New York. But in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, neither man voiced opposition to Sotomayor's confirmation as a Supreme Court justice.
Senate Republicans invited the men to testify on a panel that included witnesses both for and against Sotomayor's confirmation. Their appearance followed the conclusion of Sotomayor's four days in the witness chair. Ricci told the panel that "achievement is neither limited nor determined by one's race, but by one's skills, dedication, commitment and character." The court rulings against him reflected a flawed belief "that citizens should be reduced to racial statistics," he said. "It only divides people who don't wish to be divided along racial lines."
Ricci said that the appeals court ruling also called attention to his dyslexia even though the case "had nothing to do with it." "It had everything to do with ensuring our command officers were competent to answer the call and our right to advance in our profession based on merit regardless of race," he said...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_...
{ That guy is full of himself. I see why he had to cheat on the exam. He's got dyslexia.}
Senate Republicans invited the men to testify on a panel that included witnesses both for and against Sotomayor's confirmation. Their appearance followed the conclusion of Sotomayor's four days in the witness chair. Ricci told the panel that "achievement is neither limited nor determined by one's race, but by one's skills, dedication, commitment and character." The court rulings against him reflected a flawed belief "that citizens should be reduced to racial statistics," he said. "It only divides people who don't wish to be divided along racial lines."
Ricci said that the appeals court ruling also called attention to his dyslexia even though the case "had nothing to do with it." "It had everything to do with ensuring our command officers were competent to answer the call and our right to advance in our profession based on merit regardless of race," he said...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_...
{ That guy is full of himself. I see why he had to cheat on the exam. He's got dyslexia.}
I say just make Mr. Ricci the Lt. or Capt. and let him serve the community of New Haven and let the citizens of New Haven take care of him and his buddies.