Supreme Court seems poised to lower bar for Whites to sue for job bias
Marlean Ames challenged rulings requiring members of majority groups to meet a higher bar to prove job discrimination than ...
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SCOTUS to clarify legal standard for “reverse” bias claims
On February 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case involving the appropriate ...
Clarence Page: Don’t let ‘reverse discrimination’ reverse our national progress
There’s nothing simple about our racial, gender and other conflicts, but finding solutions together can work, if we can build ...
‘Reverse Discrimination’ at the Supreme Court
Marlean Ames alleges she was passed over for gay job candidates.
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Supreme Court Poised to Strike Down Reverse Discrimination Standard
On February 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, a case that challenges the ...
SCOTUS to hear straight woman's discrimination case that could reshape employment law
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday for a case involving a woman who claims she was unfairly discriminated ...
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U.S. Supreme Court likely to side with Ohio woman’s reverse discrimination claim
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled last week it is likely to rule in favor of an Ohio woman who claims she was discriminated against at work because she is straight.
Supreme Court baffled by Ohio’s defense in reverse discrimination case brought by straight woman
Marlean Ames has alleged she was wrongly passed over for promotion in favor of a lesbian and then demoted in favor of a gay ...
SCOTUS seems likely to revive claim of straight woman who blames ‘reverse discrimination’ for demotion
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a "reverse discrimination" case, in which a straight plaintiff sued her state ...
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Supreme Court Case Could Ease Discrimination Claims for Majorities
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering making it easier for majority groups, such as white or straight people, to file ...
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Her claim of anti-straight bias could upend discrimination law
AKRON, Ohio - Marlean Ames was distraught in 2019 when she was bumped from an administrator position at the state agency overseeing youth corrections and replaced by a gay man who she says was ...