“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,” George Orwell wrote in Animal Farm.

The legal tide is turning against reverse discrimination. In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, the Supreme Court is reviewing whether Marlean Ames, a straight white woman, was unfairly denied a promotion in favor of a gay colleague. The case challenges the higher burden of proof long imposed on majority-group plaintiffs — one the high court now seems likely to overturn, possibly leveling the playing field in discrimination claims.