The U.S. Military Academy, known as West Point, was sued by an anti-affirmative action group challenging the school’s use of race as a factor in student admissions as a violation of the constitutional principle of equal protection.
The lawsuit was brought by the same organization that successfully pursued litigation resulting in the U.S. Supreme Court in June rejecting collegiate student admissions policies that take race into consideration. Such policies long were used to increase the number of Black, Hispanic and other minority students on American campuses.
The new case was filed by Students for Fair Admissions, founded by affirmative action opponent Edward Blum. It seeks to erase an exemption carved out in June’s ruling for the U.S. military academies.
A West Point spokesperson had no immediate comment.
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