Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Straight Woman in Discrimination Case

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday in favor of a straight woman who sued her employer for discrimination when she was denied promotion and demoted because of her sexual orientation. 

The decision will make it easier for members of majority groups to sue for discrimination in parts of the country and comes amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Justice Katanji Brown Jackson wrote the opinion for the court. 

“By establishing the same protections for every ‘individual’ — without regard to that individual’s membership in a minority or majority group — Congress left no room for courts to impose special requirements on majority-group plaintiffs alone,” Jackson wrote.