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By Deborah Creighton Skinner | Published July 28, 2010 | Full size is 404 × 300 pixels

The Supreme Court's ruling that New Haven, Connecticut discriminated against 19 white firefighters garnered 2% of coverage. The hot button issue would later arise with the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, who had sat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and ruled against the firefighters’ appeal.

The Supreme Court’s ruling that New Haven, Connecticut discriminated against 19 white firefighters garnered 2%…