Supreme Court to Hear Case on West Point Admissions

In a landmark ruling last year, the US Supreme Court decided that the use of affirmative action in college admissions was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. However, the justices did rule that the country's military academies, including West Point, could continue to use race as a factor in admissions. Now, a new lawsuit by Students for Fair Admissions, the group behind the anti-affirmative action ruling, is attempting to halt West Point's ongoing use of affirmative action. The group has called on the Supreme Court to issue an injunction blocking West Point while the case continues to be heard in a lower court. The Biden administration has supported race-conscious admissions at West Point, arguing that a diverse officer class is "integral to ensuring national security".