Xiao Wang will argue for a straight woman who says she was passed over for a job and later demoted so her employer could advance LGBTQ+ employees when he appears before the justices on Feb. 26.
The reverse discrimination case will be the second US Supreme Court argument for the University of Virginia’s new Supreme Court Litigation Clinic director, and it has sparked controversy.
Some students and progressive court watchers have criticized Wang and the law school program, which works pro bono, for taking on a case they say pushes a conservative policy agenda.
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