The Supreme Court ‘s rulings are often controversial and divided along party lines. But sometimes, unlike our other branches of government, the court still reaches bipartisan consensus — and it just did exactly that, to deal a fatal blow to extreme identity politics .
Here’s the background. The high court just ruled unanimously , 9-0, in favor of an Ohio woman, Marlean Ames, who claims she was discriminated against in employment for being heterosexual, the kind of practice that’s sometimes called “reverse discrimination.” Ames had worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services, a government agency responsible for overseeing the juvenile criminal justice system, since 2004. In 2019, she applied for a management job and was passed over for it, with the job ultimately going to a le