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| U.S. Naval Academy's Consideration Of Race In Its Admissions Process Is Unconstitutional |
| 2023-10-07 |
| [Federalist] The U.S. Naval Academy’s use of race-based admissions policies violates provisions of the U.S. Constitution, a lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges. Filed in the Northern District Court of Maryland by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), the suit, as summarized by Politico, argues that the academy is violating applicants’ Fifth Amendment rights by "engaging in racial balancing in their admissions of new classes." According to SFFA, the Naval Academy is discriminating against applicants who are white and Asian in favor of those who are black, Hispanic, and Native American. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the Pentagon, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, and two leading Naval Academy officials are listed as defendants in the suit. "America’s enemies do not fight differently based on the race of the commanding officer opposing them," the lawsuit reads. "Sailors must follow orders without regard to the skin color of those giving them and battlefield realities apply equally to all sailors regardless of race, ethnicity or national origin." SFFA has asked the court to issue a judgment declaring the Naval Academy’s consideration of race in its admissions policies as a violation of the Fifth Amendment. The group also requested the court issue an injunction barring the academy from using these practices. A nonprofit dedicated to fighting race-based college admissions policies, SFFA is the group that brought its lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s race-based admissions policies to the U.S. Supreme Court this past year. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS sided with SFFA and ruled that the aforementioned universities’ consideration of applicants’ race during the admissions process violates the 14th Amendment. The decision effectively ended affirmative action policies for institutions of higher education. Related: U.S. Naval Academy: 2023-09-12 Parents Defending Education leader says Chinese Communist influence on American schools is 'deeply concerning' U.S. Naval Academy: 2022-07-08 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter celebrate 76 years of marriage U.S. Naval Academy: 2021-02-11 Pelosi Banned Congresswoman's Military Officer Son From Attending Her Swearing-In Related: Race-based admissions: 2023-09-23 Education Secretary Cardona slams ‘misbehaving' parents for speaking out at school board meetings Race-based admissions: 2023-07-01 Affirmative Action Is Another Nonsense Leftist Position We've Been Conditioned To Take Seriously Race-based admissions: 2023-06-29 U.S. Supreme Court strikes down university race-conscious admissions policies |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 years ago i read an employment ad that said the employer did not consider the shape or color of your skin. concise! |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-10-07 13:50 |
| #7 Why these trivial things are so important is beyond me. Because they want to enlist the dumbest portion of the public in their project. If they went with anything that required actual intellectual firepower, they'd be limiting their appeal. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-07 11:54 |
| #6 The "elites" are obsessed with skin color and chromosomes. Why these trivial things are so important is beyond me. But they are. Again thanks to President Trump for appointing sane people to the Supreme Court. Can you imagine how these decisions would have gone with President Hillary appointees? |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-10-07 11:36 |
| #5 /\ Excellent comments at both 3 and 4. No, it certainly "didn't just happen." WOKE - A fancy new name for a practice emboldened by Washington for yes, several decades. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-10-07 08:00 |
| #4 I have wondered why retired naval officers have not joined together to address and attack the rot that exists at the heart of the U.S. Navy. But then I realize the rot has been allowed to fester for more than a half-century. There is no hope. |
| Posted by: Jerens Black9355 2023-10-07 07:37 |
| #3 This isn't the 1960's, that was 3++ generations ago. That wrong was corrected many, many times over the last 60 years. Resulting in other groups being discriminated against, and losing job and educational opportunities to right a wrong they had nothing to do with. So now 60 years later, shouldn't the only goal and agenda now be to have best qualified for a position, to be selected for that position? That way the best of the best, no matter what color or race, advance and be the leadership of our future? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-10-07 07:10 |
| #2 Constitution. You know that little piece of paper you swore to uphold and defend. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-10-07 06:56 |
| #1 Dependent upon the outcome, which could be years away, a cleansing of the insanity. I long ago, as they say...."Lost confidence in senior DoD's ability to lead." That tired phrase cries out for a case-by-case, full and open investigation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-10-07 05:06 |
