New Haven Firefighters Win

As many have already reported, the firefighters from New Haven have won their appeal of their discrimination lawsuit at the US Supreme Court.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am happy for the firefighters. They were clearly discriminated against based on their race. The lower courts that ruled against them were clearly out of line in their judgments.

On the other hand, this probably will not derail Sotomayor's chances for getting on the Supreme Court. And that's the bad news. She is definitely incompetent as a judge - 60% of cases from her courtroom that were appealed to higher courts were overturned. Not only that, but among other justices that are her peers, she has a poor reputation.

So, while I applaud this common-sense ruling in favor of the firefighters, I am not hopeful that Sotomayor's incompetence will prevent her from being appointed to the highest court. She obviously has no business being a judge at all. But then, again, she's being appointed by someone who has no business being President.