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Supreme Court decision could make it easier to sue over so-called reverse discrimination.

From IdeaStream, public media, Anna Huntsman reports the court

sided with an Ohio state worker who claims she didn't get a job because she's straight.

Akron area resident Marlene Ames sued the state agency where she worked, alleging she'd been

passed over for a promotion and then demoted because of her sexual orientation. Both people

who got the jobs over her were gay. A lower court dismissed her suit, claiming she didn't have

enough evidence. Some district courts have historically set a higher bar for non-minorities to prove

they've experienced discrimination. But writing for the court, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson notes,

the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not set forth different requirements for members of majority and minority groups to prove discrimination.

Ames can now argue her case to the lower court.

The decision could affect similar lawsuits filed in other states.

For NPR News, I'm Anna Huntsman in Akron, Ohio.

President Trump says he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Their first chat, since Trump took office, talking about trade and says that it was a good conversation.

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