Bridgeport firefighters case worse than Ricci v. deStefano?

You can't find an angle to justify this test cheating the city did in this case.

"Municipalities should be dancing in the streets," said Richard Albrecht, a lawyer representing 12 white Bridgeport firefighters in a similar reverse-discrimination case. "What the Supreme Court is saying is, get back to firefighting and policing and stop trying to solve societal problems in the context of municipal employment." ....What could happen next is settlement discussion in the Bridgeport 12 case, which is pending in two parts -- reinstatement of the original scores and determination of damages -- before two different federal judges. In that case, Bridgeport rescored a 2007 fire lieutenant's exam because no blacks would have been promoted. They sharply reduced the percentage given to the written test and doubled the weight of the oral portion. Then, while appeals were pending before the Civil Service Commission, the city made promotions based on the revised scores. "Our case was much stronger than New Haven's to begin with," said Albrecht. "Then the city violated its own civil service rules and practices by promoting while the appeals were pending." Of the 12 plaintiffs, only two were promoted. Three others were demoted from provisional lieutenant appointments back to firefighter. "I suspect Bridgeport will want to settle," Albrecht said. City Attorney Mark Anastasi did not return calls for comment Monday.

Plus your dumb NAACP quote for the day.

"The ruling further erodes Title VII," added Michael Koskoff, a Bridgeport lawyer who in the 1970s brought several successful federal lawsuits under that anti-discrimination law and forced cities like Bridgeport and New Haven to hire minorities in what were almost exclusive white police and fire departments. "It appears that where we are heading is back to promoting those who score highest on exams without regard to diversity."

I would hope in important jobs like firefighting they would be promoting the ones who does best on passing the necessary requirements.

Diversity without merit is patronizing the people too stupid to realize it and ends up hurting everyone.