Don't worry, be happy

The Obama administration doesn't think the Supreme Court's opinion Monday to overturn a ruling by nominee Sonia Sotomayor will be an obstacle in her Senate confirmation hearing.
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I don't foresee that this would represent anything that would prevent her a seat on the Supreme Court," said the president's spokesman, Robert Gibbs on Monday.The case, overturned in a 5-4 opinion, dealt with the issue of reverse discrimination. Firefighter Frank Ricci and his colleagues sued the city of New Haven, Connecticut after city leaders tossed out the results of a promotions exam because no African Americans scored well enough to merit advancement.

Gibbs explained that Judge Sotomayor was clearly following a precedent in ruling in favor of the city. "[The] Supreme Court clearly had a new interpretation for title 7, of the Civil Rights act. So I think some of the very concerns that members of Senate have expressed about judicial activism, seemed to be at the very least up side down in this case. I think her ruling on the second Circuit denotes she's a follower of precedent," Gibbs said

Sotomayor's confirmation hearing is scheduled for July 13th.