Mealey's ( March 20, 2023, 11:29 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 20 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a worker who was fired after questioning her employer’s dealings with a vendor and sought a ruling on whether the but-for reasoning in Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., Georgia applies to a McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green pretext analysis and whether “direct” and “indirect” evidence should be considered all together in the same manner....