This Term's Reverse Discrimination Case

Here are several posts from How Appealing:

1. "Court divided on reverse discrimination claims": Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. Update: You can access the transcript of today's U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Ricci v. DeStefano, No. 07-1428, by clicking here.

2. "Supreme Court looks at race factor in hiring and promotions; Justices hear an appeal by white firefighters from Connecticut, who say their promotional exam results were thrown out when officials realized it would mean no black colleagues would be promoted": David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update. And this evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entitled "Justices Weigh Bias In Promotions Test" (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg.

3. "Justices Explore Role Race May Play in Employment": Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that "Justices Weigh Anti-Bias Move's Impact on Whites." In addition, columnist Dana Milbank has a "Washington Sketch" essay entitled "The Supremes Sing the Oldies."

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Supreme Court weighs race in hiring and promotions; The justices hear an appeal by white firefighters from Connecticut, who say their exam results were thrown out when city officials realized it would mean no black colleagues would be promoted."

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that "Court tackles racial bias in work promotions; White firefighters allege discrimination."

In The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin reports that "High Court Weighs Bias in Firefighters' Test."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Reverse-discrimination case splits Supreme Court; Justice Kennedy appears to be the tiebreaking vote on whether New Haven, Conn., discriminated against white firefighters."

The Hartford Courant reports that "U.S. Supreme Court Hears New Haven Firefighters' Reverse Discrimination Arguments."

law.com's Tony Mauro reports that "All Eyes on Kennedy in Firefighters Discrimination Case at High Court."

And The Yale Daily News reports that "Race bias case divides Court."

And here is a piece I wrote about the same issue almost 20 years ago: White Firefighters, Hank Aaron, and Affirmative Action