Naval Academy Is in the Dock, So To Speak, in its Effort To Maintain Affirmative Action in Admissions of Future Officers
Students for Fair Admissions, which ended consideration of race in Harvard and other civilian colleges, seeks to extend the ban to Annapolis and West Point.
BALTIMORE — Does the Constitution permit two different policies on affirmative action in college admissions — one for the military academies, like Annapolis and West Point, and the other for civilian schools? That is, should, say, Annapolis be allowed to continue to use race in its admissions process on the basis that maintaining a racially diverse navy is a matter of national security?
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