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LAS14

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Thu Jun 5, 2025, 10:39 AM Jun 2025

Is it OK on DU to feel good about this unanimous SCOTUS decision? [View all]

"The standards for proving workplace discrimination under a federal civil rights law", Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for the court, “does not vary based on whether or not the plaintiff is a member of a majority group.”


The case involved a straight woman who had twice lost out on a position to a gay person and was told in court that, as a member of a majority group, she had a higher burden of proof to meet to prove discrimination.
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