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Service Academies Exempt From Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling

The Supreme Court stopped short of ending affirmative action in military service academies in a historic decision Thursday that otherwise banned the practice in universities.

The justices writing for the 6-3 conservative majority noted the federal government had written a friend-of-the court brief urging them to protect the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions — often called affirmative action — in part to ensure racial diversity in service academies.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a footnote in the majority opinion, “No military academy is a party to these cases, however, and none of the courts below addressed the propriety of race-based admissions systems in that context…”

To read more visit Federal Times.

2 thoughts on “Service Academies Exempt From Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling”

  1. The academies are the most important place for leadership potential over race as criteria.

    I have seen so many prime examples of AA from these institutions wreaking havoc in our military with their incompetence!

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