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Political affiliation is a protected class in California. Race and gender are both protected classes at a federal level. As I understand it, his class action lawsuit is on all three fronts.

I was under the impression that "Conservatives" were not a protected class, but then I found this as I was looking for a citation to back it up:

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-employmen...

This includes "Political affiliations or activities", and other sources seem to back that up.

Google might be in trouble here.

In California, employment discrimination based on "political activities or affiliation" is prohibited.