The group that brought down affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina earlier this year has now sued the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, arguing the military school’s review of race on applications violates the Constitution.
Military academies were excluded from the Supreme Court’s June ruling that struck down affirmative action at civilian colleges and universities.
The lawsuit goes on to note the military was desegregated but recent moves have set racial goals for hiring and diversifying the academy’s members. “West Point has no justification for using race-based admissions. Those admissions are unconstitutional for all other public institutions of higher education,” the complaint reads. “The Academy is not exempt from the Constitution.”Mr. Blum acknowledged courts have been mindful of the military’s unique role.
When the high court struck down affirmative action policies at private and state schools in June in its 6-3 ruling, it provided a footnote in the opinion noting military academies were not part of the case.
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