Feds, West Point say diversity in military is needed, ask justices not to block West Point’s use of race in application process
The Biden administration, in a filing on Tuesday, asked the Supreme Court not to halt West Point from considering race in its application process.
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, arguing on behalf of the federal government and West Point, told the justices that a “diverse officer corps is necessary for an effective fighting force.”
“For more than forty years, our Nation’s military leaders have determined that a diverse Army officer corps is a national-security imperative and that achieving that diversity requires limited consideration of race in selecting those who join the Army as cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point,” she wrote.
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