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Reuters reports:
The U.S. Military Academy, known as West Point, was sued on Tuesday 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 that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court in June rejecting collegiate student admissions policies that take race into consideration. The new case seeks to erase an exemption carved out in June’s ruling for the U.S. military academies.
The Virginia-based Students for Fair Admissions, founded by affirmative action opponent Edward Blum [photo], filed the suit in federal court in White Plains, New York.
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Breaking: The group that pursued a successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the consideration of race in collegiate admissions on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the West Point, seeking to end an exemption for military schools. @Reuters https://t.co/YqSrgpFnic
— Nate Raymond (@nateraymond) September 19, 2023
One of the Conservative strategies against modern society, is attacking diversity initiatives on universities.
Edward Blum’s (rightwing think tank AEI) lawsuit against Harvard’s program appears based on “research” by neo-Nazi, anti-LGBTQ donor Ron Unz.
— Gillian de Nooijer – ◀️ (@GillianDN) June 6, 2023
Edward Blum also sued 2 corporate law firms, alleging that their fellowship programs — aimed at students of color, those who identify as LGBTQ+ and students with disabilities — exclude applicants based on race, and demanding that the programs be shut down.https://t.co/8bdZxmhDKF
— Anna Núñez (@nunez_anna) August 28, 2023