The Heritage Foundation has expressed approval of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision in the case of Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services. The ruling clarified that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does not permit varying standards of proof for employees alleging discrimination.
Hans von Spakovsky, who manages the Election Law Reform Initiative and serves as a senior legal fellow at the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, praised the decision: "The Supreme Court properly ruled today that there is not a higher standard of proof for someone asserting that they were discriminated against depending on whether they are gay or heterosexual."
He further commented on the implications of different standards based on race or sexual orientation: "The idea that there should be different standards for different individuals based on their race or sexual orientation is repugnant and a clear violation of federal civil rights laws that protect everyone."
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Thomas Jipping, another senior legal fellow at the Edwin Meese III Center, also supported the ruling: "The Supreme Court unanimously rejected this attempt by lower court judges to change the law that Congress has enacted. When Congress enacted Title VII with a single standard for ‘any individual’ alleging discriminatory treatment, it meant what it said."
Justice Clarence Thomas was noted for highlighting what he termed as "improper judicial lawmaking" by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Jipping remarked, "That error must have been especially serious here for the liberal justices—including Justice Jackson, who wrote the opinion—to recognize it."
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