We are all equal again, right?

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(07-07-2023, 04:18 PM)Lucidus Wrote: Curiously, the Court's majority held that military academies will be exempt from their ruling --

“The [government] contends that race-based admissions programs further compelling interests at our Nation’s military academies. No military academy is a party to these cases, however, and none of the courts below addressed the propriety of race-based admissions systems in that context. This opinion also does not address the issue, in light of the potentially distinct interests that military academies may present.”

It seems the Court's majority has no measurable concern with race-based admissions when the institutes of higher learning are military; such as West Point, for example, who state they are multicultural by design --

“The United States Military Academy… admits a racially, ethnically, and geographically diverse Corps of Cadets so as to reflect the racial and ethnic composition of our enlisted force and our country. We believe a diverse student body results in a superior education for our cadets and in phenomenal leaders for our nation’s enlisted soldiers.”

The reason this exemption is curious, is because of the rationale; no military entities being party to the action. This seems a very strict, and selective, distinction given the liberties taken by this majority in other decisions. If race-based admissions truly violate the 14th Amendment -- as they assert in their finding -- then it should be applicable to all institutes of higher learning.

I think you would also have to look at the different methods of admission for the academies as well. They are not "accepted" in the same way that they are in normal universities.  The students are nominated for acceptance, by their Congressmen and Senators, or by other valid nominators after meeting the minimum academic requirements.