by Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services was a recent Supreme Court decision regarding reverse discrimination. It was found in favor of Ames on an unanimous vote with the opinion written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The basis of the case was that Marlean Ames, a white, heterosexual woman, was denied a promotion in a favor of a lesbian. She was later demoted as a program administrator and replaced by a gay man. She filed suit under Title VII alleging discrimination. She lost in district court and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision. However, the 6th Circuit had adopted a rule that when a person of a majority group alleged discrimination they had a higher burden.
It is on this second step that Todd Vandermyde examines in his Freedom’s Steel podcast. Todd believes that the SCOTUS striking down lower court’s made up or secondary rules may be helpful in gun rights cases. I’ll let him explain it in the video below. I think he may be on to something especially when it comes to AWBs and mag bans.
That would be an interesting ‘reach’, but it might be applicable!