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The US Supreme Court and Reverse Discrimination
In 2003, New Haven, Connecticut said it would promote firefighters based on a written and oral exam. But when the results were in, no blacks and only two Hispanics scored well enough to become lieutenants or captains. New Haven then scrapped the promotion exam.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIn 2003, New Haven, Connecticut said it would promote firefighters based on a written and oral exam. But when the results were in, no blacks and only two Hispanics scored well enough to become lieutenants or captains. New Haven then scrapped the promotion exam. White firefighter Frank Ricci, who did well on the test, sued for reverse discrimination. Today, the US Supreme Court ruled in his favor.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Dahlia Lithwick
Author; Senior legal affairs correspondent, Slate; podcast host, Amicus podcast
Richard Thompson Ford
Stanford Law School
Ramesh Ponnuru
National Review / American Enterprise Institute