Is Hatch getting into minute details of New Haven case for a reason?

[Sugarcoated]

I get the feeling he's trying to make the decision on this case look "intellectual", in other words, a decision made by complicated legal reasoning instead of the simplified reasoning the RW is arguing? Does that make sense?

[LiberalFighter]

1. When the hell will he shrivel up and go away?

[kestrel91316]

2. IMHO, Hatch is one of the creepiest, most despicable Senators

in history. Didn't he salivate all over Thomas and treat Anita Hill like scum???

[Sugarcoated]

7. I'll never, ever forget that

as long as I live. He's one of the reasons I'm turned off the the Republican party forever. I was in my late twenties, just starting to pay attention, and while a Democrat by nature, I was definitely looking and listening, filing away information. The hateful way the Republican's treated Anita Hill took my breath away. They don't realize how, when they act so vile to please the base, looks to the average voter. Specter was the other bully during that hearing, and I felt sick when realized I had voted for him an election or two before. When you're not paying attention to politics, young and just getting by, you get fooled by talking points and vote by name recognition.

[Ninga]

3. Pure and simple it is to tarnish her as much as possible in the eyes of

their base.

They are moving full steam ahead knowing full well she will be confirmed, so they can set the stage to second guess her future SCOUS decisions.

They are idiots.

[babylonsister]

4. Maybe because Ricci is supposed to testify. nt

[Cha]

6. That's what I read.. I also read this

on DU and I can't find the thread now from it's from this blog(thanks angee).


"Ricci is invariably painted as a reluctant standard-bearer; a hardworking man driven to litigation only when his dreams of promotion were shattered by a system that persecutes white men. This is the narrative we will hear next week, but it somewhat oversimplifies Ricci's actual employment story. For instance, it's not precisely true, as this one account would have it, that Frank Ricci "never once special treatment for his dyslexia challenge." In point of fact, Ricci sued over it.

According to local newspapers, Ricci filed his first lawsuit against the city of New Haven in 1995, at the ripe old age of 20, for failing to hire him as a firefighter. That January, the Hartford Chronicle reported that Ricci sued, saying "he was not hired because he is dyslexic." The complaint in that suit, filed in federal court, alleged that the city's failure to hire Ricci because of his dyslexia violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Frank Ricci was one of 795 candidates interviewed for 40 jobs. According to his complaint, the reason he was not hired was that he disclosed his dyslexia in an interview. That case was settled in 1997 with a confidential settlement in which Ricci withdrew his lawsuit in exchange for a job with the fire department and $11,143 in attorney's fees.

In 1998, Ricci was talking about filing lawsuits again, this time over a dispute with his new employer, Middletown's South Fire District—which had hired him in August of 1997. According to a Hartford Courant report of Aug. 11, 1998, Ricci was dismissed from the Middletown fire department after only eight months. He promptly appealed his dismissal, claiming that fire officials had retaliated against him for conducting an investigation into the department's response to a controversial fire. A story in the Hartford Courant dated Aug. 9, 1997, has Ricci vowing "to pursue this to the fullest extent of the law."

In August of 1998, a state Department of Labor investigation cleared Chief Wayne S. Bartolotta of any wrongdoing in the firing. The Aug. 3, 1998, letter from the state Department of Labor indicated that the case was closed with a finding of no violation. "After a thorough investigation, it was determined that the South Fire District did not discriminate against Mr. Ricci." Ricci's response? According to the Courant, Ricci contended "Their decision was political, it has nothing to do with who was right and who was wrong." He told the paper he would "pursue the matter in civil court."

Ricci also tried to discredit his former boss, Chief Bartolotta, by disparaging his professional credentials. His fight over access to Bartolotta's professional training records was resolved between the two of them a week before the matter was slated to be taken up with the state Freedom of Information Commission, according to a Jan. 13, 1998, report in the Hartford Courant.

Eventually, Ricci made his way back to the New Haven Fire Department, where he famously aced his promotions test, then sued, yet again, in 2004."

http://smoothlikeremy.blogspot.com/

[DURHAM D]

5. For decades on the Hill he has been referred to as The Orinator.

Every time I see him I think about the night back in the late 70s when I was visiting in DC and got together with a bunch of old friends. Most of them were senate staffers for Republicans so in many ways we didn't have much in common anymore.

We were gossiping about the Senators and my friend Don raised his glass and said:

A toast to The Orrrinator - the newest gasbag on the Hill!

I guess it is obvious I never forgot it.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. "Reverse discrimination" is a pillar of the Reagan Revolution

Tapping into angry white guy's constant fear that he is being cheated by the government. They will play it up for all it is worth.

[Enrique]

9. it's all they've got

:shrug: