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Can someone explain why the military academies were explicitly exempt from this ruling when their policies are similar to those of UNC and Harvard?
by bluepod4 3y ago
Can someone explain why the military academies were explicitly exempt from this ruling when their policies are similar to those of UNC and Harvard?
- gnicholas 3y agoThere are unique considerations related to military academies, which I believe were raised at oral arguments. The concern is that if the military academies do not enroll enough non-white students, then the officer population would be mostly white, and that could cause friction with a plurality/majority(?) group of enlisted soldiers. The majority wanted to make clear that they are not opining on the analysis that would apply to the military academies. EDIT: here's a discussion of such special considerations, from a prior affirmative action case: https://volokh.com/2012/10/11/the-military-rationale-for-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions/ https://volokh.com/2012/10/11/the-military-rationale-for-aff...
- bluepod4 3y agoThey might as well get rid of that too then. It doesn’t sound fair.