claim: "the department of justice, under the obama administration, disagrees with the decision" judge sotomayor made in the ricci vs. destefano case.
author: mitch mcconnell
evidence_1: ricci v. destefano, 557 u.s. 557 (2009) is a us labor law case of the united  states supreme court on unlawful discrimination through disparate impact under  the civil rights act of 1964. twenty white city firefighters at the new haven fire  department claimed discrimination under title vii of the civil rights act of 1964  after ...
evidence_2: her decision would later be upheld by the united states court of appeals for the  second circuit. dow jones v. u.s. department of justice, 880f. supp. ... during  more than a decade as a circuit court judge, sotomayor has heard appeals on  more than 3,000 cases and has written in excess of 380 opinions for the majority.
evidence_3: senator jeff sessions (r-al) brought up sotomayor's membership in the puerto  rican legal defense and education fund as concern over sotomayor's decision  in reviewing the district court case ricci v. destefano. in that case, a three-judge  panel that included sotomayor ruled that a promotion test for firefighters in new ...
evidence_4: may 26, 2016 ... among the notable cases she heard there, perhaps the most controversial was  ricci v. destefano. in that case, sotomayor joined two judges in upholding the  rejection a lawsuit from white and hispanic firefighters in new haven, ct, who  were denied promotions after a civil service test produced a ...
evidence_5: on the second circuit, sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and  wrote about 380 opinions. sotomayor has taught at the new york university  school of law and columbia law school. in may 2009, president barack obama  nominated sotomayor to the supreme court following the retirement of justice  david ...