Fair Admission group asks Supreme Court to take up case of race based admissions at West Point

The group behind the Supreme Court cases that gutted affirmative action in higher education is now asking the high court to make a similar ruling at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

The group, Students for Fair Admissions, asked the court's nine justices Friday to block race-conscious admissions policies at the service academy as its lawsuit proceeds in a lower appeals court and has asked them to act by Wednesday, the deadline for requests to be added to the high court's emergency docket, according to The Hill newspaper.  

The group has similar lower court action against the U.S. Naval Academy. 

The Supreme Court in June 2023 handed down its landmark ruling effectively barring race as a factor in college admissions, The Hill also reports. However, the decision did not apply to the nation’s military academies.

“Every year this case languishes in discovery, trial, or appeals, West Point will label and sort thousands more applicants based on their skin color – including the class of 2028, which West Point will start choosing in earnest once the application deadline closes on January 31,” SFFA’s lawyers wrote to the justices.