A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is ...

The justices threw out a lower court’s decision rejecting a civil rights lawsuit by the plaintiff, Marlean Ames, against her employer, Ohio’s Department of Youth Services. Ames said she had a gay ...

The case involved Marlean Ames’ claim that the Ohio state agency where she worked denied her a promotion and then demoted her because she was a heterosexual woman. She alleged sexual orientation ...

The Ames decision is expected to bolster a current wave of reverse discrimination lawsuits by removing a significant obstacle for plaintiffs. How can we encourage others when anxiety is everywhere?

Reverse discrimination — however well-intentioned — inflicts new injustices. As Ames said, “we’re trying to make this a level playing field for everyone.

Significance: Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services has set a foundational precedent for majority-group or reverse discrimination cases.

The court’s decision in Ames resolves a split in the circumstances regarding the evidence required for an employee to make a prima facie case of reverse discrimination.

Let’s unpack this. The U.S. Supreme Court determined that “Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in various roles since 2004. In 2019, the agency ...

On June 5, 2025, in a unanimous ruling authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court revived the employment discrimination claims ...

Ohio Department of Youth Services, petitioner Marlean Ames (“Ames”), a heterosexual woman, claimed that her employer, the Ohio Department of Youth Services, had passed her over for a promotion ...

Reverse discrimination – however well intentioned – inflicts new injustices. As Ames said, “we’re trying to make this a level playing field for everyone.

Reverse discrimination — however well intentioned — inflicts new injustices. As Ames said, “we’re trying to make this a level playing field for everyone.