US supreme court to hear straight woman’s ‘reverse discrimination’ case

Marlean Ames’s case could transform workplace discrimination claims and lead to flood of lawsuits

The US supreme court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that has the potential to transform workplace discrimination claims and unleash a flood of lawsuits from white people, straight people and men.

Marlean Ames has brought an appeal to the highest court claiming that she was passed over for a job and demoted because she is straight. She says she was removed from her position as an administrator in a state agency for youth services in Ohio and replaced by a gay man.

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