Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law
Jul. 30, 2025
Reverse discrimination gets a ruling but the road ahead remains foggy
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On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a long-standing split on the standard for reverse discrimination claims. In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, 605 U.S. __ (2025), the plaintiff, Ames, was a heterosexual woman who served as program administrator in the State juvenile correctional system (the "Agency").
In 2019, she applied for a newly created position, but the Agency hired a lesbian woman instead. Soon thereafter, the Agency demoted Ames to a secretaria...
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