Bloomberg’s article on the witnesses to testify at Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing is titled “Sotomayor’s Challengers Will Call White Firefighter to Testify.” Although the article notes halfway through that one of the plaintiff firefighters in the New Haven case was Hispanic, it doesn’t see fit to mention that that Hispanic firefighter, Lt. Ben Vargas, will testify alongside Frank Ricci. Similarly, the articles in the New York Times and National Journal highlight Ricci and mention Vargas only in the full list of witnesses.
Share this story

About the Author
Ed Whelan holds the Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and is a regular contributor to National Review’s Bench Memos blog.
Advertisement
Advertisement





Comments