The dissent grants that petitionersO situation is ‘unfortunate’ that they ‘understandably attract this CourtOs sympathy.’ Post, at 1, 39. But ‘sympathyO is not what petitioners have a right to demand. What they have a right to demand is evenhanded enforcement of the lawNof Title VIIOs prohibition against discrimination basedon race. And that is what, until todayOs decision, has been denied them. Samuel Alito
In the firefighters case decided in the U.S. Supreme Court June 29, 2009,Justice Alito addresses ‘sympathy’