WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Wednesday to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination from her employer because she is straight.

Marlean Ames challenged rulings requiring members of majority groups to meet a higher bar to prove job discrimination than groups that traditionally face bias.

The Supreme Court is considering a case of “reverse discrimination” and the standard of proof under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The Supreme Court seemed receptive to a woman's argument Wednesday she was discriminated against at work because she is heterosexual. Why it matters: A ruling that allows the woman, Marlean Ames, to pursue the claim would open the door for men,

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to lean on Wednesday toward making it easier for people from "majority backgrounds," such as white or straight people, to pursue workplace discrimination claims, as they heard an appeal by an Ohio woman who claims she was denied a promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday considers the novel legal question of whether a woman can pursue a workplace sex discrimination case over claims she was discriminated against because she is straight. The court's ultimate ruling could lower the bar for people belonging to majority groups to bring so-called reverse discrimination claims.

We're in radical agreement today,' Justice Gorsuch said. The Supreme Court steered clear of the larger debate over DEI.

Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a heightened burden.