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\nIn June the Supreme Court ended Affirmative Action admission programs at colleges and universities across the country. In a decision split along ideological lines the court invalidated the policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, ending the practice of factoring race as an admissions criterion.<\/p>\n
The court specifically left race-based admissions open to the nation’s military academies due to unspecified “distinct interests.” They were allowed these policies despite the equal protections mentioned in the Constitution.<\/p>\n
By Michael Hill, The Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by the same group behind the legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions.<\/p>\n Students for Fair Admissions claims the U.S. Military Academy sets benchmarks for how many Black, Hispanic and Asian cadets there should be in each class. The lawsuit filed in New York\u2019s Southern District claims West Point is violating the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which contains an equal-protection principle that binds the federal government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n