There are unique considerations related to military academies, which I believe were raised at oral arguments. The concern is that if the military academies do n

There 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...