As SCOTUSblog said:
Ricci result: Kennedy finds a violation of Title VII. An outright reversal 5-4. Ricci is decided 5-4 on ideological lines. The middle ground suggestion of remanding for further proceedings is rejected.
The Washington Post article can be found here.
Justice Scalia, in a concurring opinion joined by exactly no one, lays down the gauntlet:
[T]he war between disparate impact and equal protection will be waged sooner or later, and it behooves us to begin thinking about how—and on what terms—to make peace between them.
Is it just me, or does this read like a prepared question for Sen. Sessions?
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Scalia’s response doesn’t surprise me. However, Ginsberg REALLY threw her weight around in her opinion. I mean it seemed like a super defense of Sotomayor. Further, Alito’s opinion was nothing more that a seeming attack on Ginsberg’s opinion. Politics on the bench.