New Haven Firefighter Originally Hired By Claiming Discrimination

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/new-haven-firefighter-originally-hired-by-claiming-discrimination.php


Deserved or not, the biggest political thorn in Sonia Sotomayor's side has been one Frank Ricci of New Haven, CT. Ricci is a firefighter who sued the city claiming reverse discrimination in 2003 after officials there discarded the results of a firefighter's promotion test after the test was revealed to have a disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics.

But flash back, if you will, to January 25, 1995, when, according to the Hartford Courant Ricci was singing the opposite tune: "A decorated firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the city, saying he was not hired because he is dyslexic."

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Two years later, that case was resolved. "In a confidential settlement, struck two years later, Mr. Ricci withdrew his lawsuit in exchange for a job with the fire department and $11,143 in attorney's fees."

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Ricci will testify against Sotomayor before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week--this despite the fact that his views on jurisprudence seem to begin and end with the proposition that legal protections against discrimination are great when they work in his favor, and unconscionable when they don't.
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wonder who the neo cons are that are in the shadows backing him?

[LisaL]

1. How is that an opposite tune?

Apparently the guy claimed several times he was discriminated against, for different reasons.

[paulsby]

2. i agree

he felt he was wronged under the ADA and filed a (successful) suit. i don't see that as a negative. also, the fact that he was amongst the highest scorers on the promotion test, despite being dyslexic is pretty strong evidence the original discrimination was unjust. in that, he can clearly compete, despite being a dyslexic.