The Supreme Court has ruled that the United States Military Academy at West Point can continue to consider race as an admissions criterion, preserving the last remnants of affirmative action in higher education.
Expect for military academies, the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in university admissions in a landmark ruling last term.
Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) has attempted to end the exception since then, as explained by The Hill:
In an emergency decision Friday, the justices declined the SFFA’s request to immediately prevent West Point from using race as a factor in its upcoming admissions cycle, as the group’s constitutional challenge continues in a lower court.
“The record before this Court is underdeveloped, and this order should not be construed as expressing any view on the merits of the constitutional question,” the court said in its unsigned order, which came without any noted dissents.
Nearly three months after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, the SFFA began its quest to decimate the exception by suing West Point and, later, the Naval Academy.
A federal district judge in early January issued a preliminary ruling favoring West Point, leading the SFFA to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The appeals court refused to suspend West Point’s admission policies while SFFA’s appeal is being processed.
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