Marlean Ames has alleged she was wrongly passed over for promotion in favor of a lesbian and then demoted in favor of a gay man.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a "reverse discrimination" case, in which a straight plaintiff sued her state agency employer for passing her over for a promotion because she is straight. The post SCOTUS seems likely to revive claim of straight woman who blames ‘reverse discrimination’ for demotion first appeared on Law & Crime.

The Supreme Court justices questioned whether an extra hurdle for people of "majority backgrounds" is required to prove discrimination.

The Supreme Court seems likely to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she is straight

Supreme Court justices appeared nearly unanimously aligned during oral arguments Wednesday that lower courts applied an unfair burden of proof to a woman who filed a reverse discrimination claim against a state employer.

Marlean Ames, 60, an employee at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, contends gay applicants were unfairly given promotions that she sought.