{"id":169493,"date":"2025-05-12T08:26:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169493"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:13:14","slug":"academies-axed-affirmative-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169493","title":{"rendered":"Academies Axe Affirmative Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hegseth bans affirmative action at military service academies<\/h3>\n

By Noah Robertson and Leo Shane III<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred the U.S. military service academies from considering race, gender or ethnicity in their admissions processes, ending the practice of affirmative action upheld by the Supreme Court two years ago.<\/p>\n

In a memo published Friday, Hegseth directed the schools to rank applicants by an aggregate score factoring in athletic ability, past military experience and other qualifications.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the department\u2019s expectation that the highest-ranking candidates within each nomination category should receive appointments,\u201d Hegseth wrote.<\/p>\n

The schools have until the end of the 2026 admissions cycle to comply.
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\nThe Supreme Court struck down affirmative action for universities nationally in 2023, ruling 6-3 against considering race in the admissions process. In the court\u2019s decision, however, Chief Justice John Roberts permitted an exception for U.S. military schools, arguing the schools held \u201cpotentially distinct interests\u201d in continuing the practice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a>
\nThe exception Roberts granted was doomed and he knew it. The saving grace is an honest officer FITREP system should weed out the DEI hires over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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