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The Supreme court made it easier to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination. A unanimous Supreme Court on June 5 sided with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and was demoted because she’s straight. The justices’ decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher bar when members of a majority group sue for discrimination under federal law. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for the court that federal civil rights law draws no distinction between members of majority and minority groups.