Scalia's concurrence in Ricci elaborated an alleged conflict between equal protection and the disparate treatment of the Civil Rights Act. I won't call this a false conflict, exactly -- as with many legal and constitutional values, there is potential tension in marginal cases. But I...
Ricci
Attempts to use Ricci to derail Sotomayor's nomination won't work, but (as Paul also said earlier today) they do show how silly the whole "empathy" criticism is.
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