Supreme Court Signals Support for Equal Discrimination Standards

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FEB 27

Above: Marlean Ames outside of her lawyer's office in Akron, OH on Feb. 20, 2025. Image copyright: Maddie McGarvey/The Washington Post via Getty Imagesstory last updated MAR 10

The Spin

Right narrative

The current system unfairly requires straight, white employees to meet a higher burden of proof than minority groups when claiming discrimination, which violates the fundamental principle of equal justice under law and creates an unconstitutional double standard in civil rights protections.

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Left narrative

Different standards for majority and minority groups are appropriate and necessary because of historic patterns of discrimination. Eliminating these distinctions could unleash a flood of reverse discrimination claims that would undermine legitimate diversity efforts and protections for historically marginalized groups.

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