USNA Fights for Racial Discrimination
In June 2023 the Supreme Court effectively ended the use of affirmative action in college admissions. By a vote of 6-3 the justices ruled that the admissions programs used by the University of North Carolina and Harvard College violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause barring racial discrimination by government entities.
Oddly the decision allowed the service academies to continue to use race-based admissions programs. The Biden administration touted senior military leadership beliefs that creating a diverse officer corps required consideration of race for admission to the service academies. Chief Justice Roberts indicated in a footnote the Supreme Court did not weigh in on the issue “in light of the potentially distinct interests that military academies may present.”
US Naval Academy says considering race in admissions helps create a cohesive military
By LEA SKENE
BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for the U.S. Naval Academy say the officer training school should be allowed to continue using race as an admissions factor because prioritizing diversity in the military makes it stronger, more effective and more widely respected, according to recent court filings and testimony during an ongoing civil trial in Maryland.
The group behind this case, Students for Fair Admissions, was also behind the lawsuit challenging affirmative action that resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year, when the court’s conservative majority prohibited the consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions.
That decision ended a longstanding practice meant to boost opportunities for historically marginalized groups and sent shockwaves through higher education. But it carved out a potential exemption for military academies, suggesting that national security interests could affect the legal analysis.
Students for Fair Admissions, which was founded by conservative activist Edward Blum, later sued the Annapolis-based Naval Academy challenging the exemption.
A bench trial began last week in Baltimore federal court before Judge Richard Bennett, a George W. Bush appointee who served for over 20 years in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Maryland National Guard.
Been waiting for this and Navy is going to lose. Why the service academies were exempted in the first place was baffling and is going to be corrected.
Category: DEI, Legal, The Stupid is Strong
I’d like to some impartial studies that backs their narrative.
That’s “racist”– just blindly accept DEI faith, comrade!
Haven’t we been seeing recently too many examples of “diversity/DEI is NOT our strength”?
So what makes the Navel (naval?) Academy think that they can make it actually work? Ya know, like Socialism? And Communism?
Nothing builds cohesion more than mids wondering, “Did that guy get in on a quota?” (Or even, “Did I get in on a quota?”)
My late friends son took the FDNY test years ago with the almost perfect score but was denied due to the new york quota system. He ended up a Lt. in the NYPD. My late friend was a 2nd Lt. in S. Korea and passed away from agent orange back in the 60’s. He fought the va for ten years before getting an affidavit from his ex CO that yea, the product was used there at the time. My friends son was a graduate of Fordham University graduating with top honors.
I don’t know about all of you, but as an 0331 Machine Gunner, so yes, a grunt, when I followed a leader, I only cared that he or she is diverse, I don’t care if they have leadership skills, know their job and that of the people they lead, I only care that they met a quota and checked a box. Afterall, that’s the mark of a true leader!!!