The Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in the case of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, removing a stricter rule that lower courts had been using in reverse discrimination cases. The decision, written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, changes how employment discrimination claims from members of majority groups will be handled in the future.
The case involved Marlean Ames, a longtime employee of the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS). After working there for ten years, Ames was promoted to run a program focused on preventing prison rape. However, when she applied for another promotion in 2019, she was turned down. ODYS claimed she lacked vision and leadership skills, even though Ames had plenty of experience and qualifications, per the NY Times.
