In a unanimous decision Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court has sided with an Ohio woman who claimed she was the victim of reverse discrimination by her employer.

The justices determined the lower courts improperly forced her to clear a higher burden of proof and sent the case back for further hearings.

How we got here

In 2019, after working at the Ohio Department of Youth Services for 15 years, Marlean Ames applied for a promotion. Instead, she claims her supervisors “conspired” to demote her and move her to a different facility.

The woman who got the job Ames wanted, and the man who took her old job both identify as LGBTQ+. Ames is straight.

In 2020, Ames filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming her supervisors discriminated against her on account of her sexual orientation. The distri

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