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Ricci

Sotomayor Heads to the Senate

By Jill Filipovic

July 13, 2009 - 7:00am

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The justices who evaluated Ricci are not "raceless," yet no one suggests their whiteness influences their views on racial inequality. Sotomayor, though, is branded a "racist" because she voted to uphold a lower court decision based on well-established legal theory.

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