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The Supreme Court granted certiorari, though limited to question 4 of the petition, on March 5, 2018. The Cato Institute, Pacific Legal Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union, Downsize DC Foundation and various other organizations and people filed amici curiae in support of Gundy. [12] Oral arguments were held on October 2, 2018.
Following appeals within the state, the Commission's decision against the bakery was affirmed, so the bakery took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 7–2 decision, the Court ruled that the Commission did not employ religious neutrality, violating Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips's rights to free exercise, and reversed the Commission's ...
“The words that the acronym ‘DEI’ represent sound nice, but it is nothing more than affirmative action and racial preferences by a different name, a system that features racial headcounts ...
President Lyndon Johnson hands a pen to the Rev. Martin Luther King (second from right) after signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964 in the East Room of the White House.
As of January 2025, Walmart, John Deere, Harley-Davidson, McDonald's, Meta and Amazon stated their intents to end DEI initiatives at their companies following the Supreme Court ruling. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] Other companies, such as Costco and Apple , affirmed their support for ongoing DEI programs when challenged by shareholders.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided it would hear a lawsuit filed by Marlean Ames, who claims she was discriminated against in her job at the Ohio Department of Youth Services because she was ...
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), is an employment discrimination decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. [1] The result was that employers could not be sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 over race or gender pay discrimination if the claims were based on decisions made by the employer 180 days or more before the claim.
The retreats came in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing affirmative action in college admissions and after conservative activists targeted the prominent American brands over their diversity policies and programs. DEI policies typically are intended as a counterweight to discriminatory practices.