On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, held that “reverse discrimination” cases should be reviewed under the same standard as minority-group ...

Can members of a majority group be subject to a heightened pleading standard for their Title VII discrimination claims? The United States Supreme Court answered this question with a unanimous “no” in ...

In 2004, Ames joined the Ohio Department of Youth Services, which operates Ohio’s juvenile correctional system. Ames was a program administrator when, in 2019, she applied and interviewed for a new ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — A showdown on “reverse discrimination” claims looked unlikely Wednesday as the Supreme Court raced to hand an easy win to an Ohio woman pursuing a sex discrimination suit. “We’re in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The law "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs," said Justice Ketanji Brown ...

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An advocacy group for minority municipal police officers has filed a complaint with city leaders over allegations that police have continued to face discrimination and hurdles to getting promotions — ...

Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2023, after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, saying race cannot be a factor.

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld the claims of a woman who faced workplace discrimination because of her “majority group” identity—in this case, being a heterosexual.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the nation's anti-discrimination laws apply equally to all employees, regardless of whether those complaining of bias are white or Black, gay or straight. In a ...