Gingrich smear: Sotomayor made decision in Ricci "for clearly racial quota reasons"
June 07, 2009 2:01 pm ET
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SUMMARY: Newt Gingrich claimed that Sonia Sotomayor "accepted the fact that, for clearly racial quota reasons," the white firefighters plaintiffs in the Ricci v. DeStefano case "shouldn't be promoted." In fact, the 2nd Circuit opinion Sotomayor joined stated that precedent -- not "racial quota reasons" -- led the court to rule as it did.
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