<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1a8223e9-4b98-4c37-bf50-98904f12e891/44A5445E-0501-4256-8DFB-4E9FD31EC21C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99FNLS82&show_article=1" href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99FNLS82&show_article=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.breitbart.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99FNLS82&show_article=1"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="99%" valign="top">Firefighter denounces Sotomayor ruling</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99FNLS82&show_article=1"><SPAN class="lingo_region"> <A rel="nofollow" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/WASHINGTON/" class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden">WASHINGTON</A> (AP) - A Connecticut firefighter who lost an appeals court ruling by <A rel="nofollow" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Sonia+Sotomayor/" class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden">Sonia Sotomayor</A> has told a <A rel="nofollow" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Senate+panel/" class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden">Senate panel</A> that in his line of work, advancement has to be determined by skill and qualifications. <P> <A rel="nofollow" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/Frank+Ricci/" class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden">Frank Ricci</A> was among a group of white New Haven firefighters who were denied a promotion when city tossed out the results of an exam because not enough minorities had scored well enough to be promoted. </P><DIV class="ad-instory"><DIV id="google_ads_div_news_story_instory"><FORM target="" action="" method="get" name="qas_frm" id="qas_frm"><INPUT type="hidden" value="" name="ie52_mac_only" /></FORM> </DIV> </DIV><P> Sotomayor and other members of an appeals court ruled in favor of the city. The <A rel="nofollow" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/U.S.+Supreme+Court/" class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden">U.S. Supreme Court</A> recently overturned that ruling. </P><P> He says Americans have the right to have cases decided based on the Constitution and laws, and not what he called "politics and personal feelings." </P><P> Sotomayor has said she decided the case based on precedent. </P></SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/44A5445E-0501-4256-8DFB-4E9FD31EC21C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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