Marlean Ames filed a reverse discrimination lawsuit in 2020 after she lost out on two jobs to colleagues who were gay at the ...

The US Supreme Court has unanimously sided with Marlean Ames, an Ohio woman who claimed she was discriminated against at work ...

The Supreme Court unanimously determined that an Ohio woman can move forward with her complaint that a state agency passed ...

The march toward greater fairness for jobs, promotions and college admissions continues apace, with the Supreme Court’s ...

The Supreme Court's decision, which landed amid a backlash to diversity programs, could increase "reverse discrimination" ...

On June 5, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services vacated a Sixth Circuit decision imposing an ...

The court’s ruling in favor of a woman who says she was passed over for jobs because she is straight is correct in theory—but ...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the only Black woman on the high court, wrote the opinion that sided with Marlean Ames, an Ohio state government employee who argued it was unconstitutional to have ...

The justices stated that under federal law, there is no distinction between “discrimination” and “reverse discrimination.” It’s all illegal and subject to the same standards.

The case concerns a claim brought by Marlean Ames, who said she was treated unfairly at work because she is straight.

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services in which the Plaintiff ...