Group sues West Point, seeking to ban affirmative action in admissions
1 year, 5 months ago

Group sues West Point, seeking to ban affirmative action in admissions

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Group sues West Point, seeking to ban affirmative action in admissions Enlarge this image toggle caption John Minchillo/Pool/Getty Images John Minchillo/Pool/Getty Images Students For Fair Admissions, the conservative group that earlier this year won a U.S. Supreme Court ban on affirmative action programs in higher education, is now suing the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Last June, in its landmark opinion banning affirmative action in colleges and universities, the Supreme Court explicitly declined to extend its ban on affirmative action to the service academies, at least for now. Now, however, students for Fair Admission, the same group that successfully sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina, has West Point and the other service academies in its sights. In its lawsuit filed Tuesday, it asserts that in recent decades West Point has abandoned its tradition of merit-based admissions in favor of a system that it claims is "focused on race."

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Lawsuit accuses UC of illegally giving admissions preference to Black and Latino students

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Hindustan Times  

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News 18  

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India Today  

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Firstpost  

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The Hindu  

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Associated Press  

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Al Jazeera  

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Op-Ed: If the Supreme Court bans affirmative action, it continues the U.S. legacy of racial discrimination
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LA Times  

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LA Times  

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4 years ago

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Associated Press  

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4 years, 4 months ago

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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4 years, 6 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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5 years ago

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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6 years, 5 months ago

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Associated Press  

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6 years, 5 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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6 years, 5 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

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7 years, 7 months ago

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Associated Press  

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