Not Tired of Winning Yet CCXXXV
Supreme Court overrules reverse discrimination rules by 9-0 vote in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
The case concerns a heterosexual woman who was passed over for promotion in favor of a lesbian, and demoted in favor of a homosexual, who filed lawsuit
under Title VII, alleging that she was denied the management promotion and demoted because of her sexual orientation. The lower court applied that standing test for discrimination against a majority group, which is a higher standard — a double standard — as the one used to test for discriminations against a minority. The Supreme Court overruled this double standard, and send the case back to the lower court, reasoning that Title VII applies equally to all citizens.Quoting from the opinion:
The Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule requires plaintiffs who are members of a majority group to bear an additional burden at step one. But the text of Title VII’s disparate-treatment provision draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs. The provision focuses on individuals rather than groups, barring discrimination against “any individual” because of protected characteristics. Congress left no room for courts to impose special requirements on majority-group plaintiffs alone.
My comment:
It is shocking and appalling that one needs the Supreme Court to step in an affirm the principle of equal protection under the law, which is one of the most ancient precepts of Common Law, and has its roots in the Code of Moses.
But, basically, we have cause for rejoicing in this seemingly minor case. There is now precedent for overturning the entire absurd racial quota system that hitherto governed our society. Without race-hatred, or war between the sexes, there is no foothold for the horrid postmodern Marxist deathcult doppelganger that has replaced and mimics the Democrat Party.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
