1. Whether the federal-sector provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which provides that actions affecting employees shall be made free from any "discrimination" 42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(a), requires a plaintiff to prove that retaliation for protected activity was a but-for cause of the challenged action.

2. Whether opinion may trump the undisputed and indisputable facts regarding employee's hundred percent clean record while working for employer.

3. Whether employers should not be punished for racial profiling and malicious prosecution, even when the law concerning the constitutional violation, clearly established.

4. Whether courts should continue to deny justice to Title VII victims who brought his or her case in good faith belief and with merit.

Whether the federal-sector provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires a plaintiff to prove that retaliation for protected activity was a but-for cause of the challenged action