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Conservative Group Sues West Point over Affirmative Action Policy

HeadlineSep 20, 2023

West Point is being sued over the military academy’s race-based admissions policies. The lawsuit is spearheaded by the same anti-affirmative action group that sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The conservative Students for Fair Admissions won that landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court in June, gutting race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities nationwide, but the ruling excluded military academies.

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