High Court Tosses Firefighter Decision Backed by Sotomayor

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• June 29, 2009, 11:38 a.m.

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out an affirmative action decision rendered by Judge Sonia Sotomayor and her colleagues on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a move that will certainly add to the partisan debate surrounding President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee.