Posted by David Bernstein: Supreme Court Rules Against New Haven in Firefighters' Case: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_06_28-2009_07_04.shtml#1246285824
I'm guessing some of the Conspirators will have more to say [1]about this, once we get to read the opinions. The vote was 5-4, along the standard lines. My quick take is that if the four liberal Justices were willing to vote with the city on this one, it suggests that there is virtually no form of "benign" race-based decisionmaking by the state that they believe is unconstitutional. References 1. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55S36U20090629 _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list Volokh@lists.powerblogs.com http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
