US Naval Academy to defend race-conscious admissions policies at trial
The group that persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the consideration of race in college admissions is taking the U.S. Naval Academy to trial on Monday in an effort to end a carve-out that allows military academies to still employ affirmative action policies.
The nonjury trial before a federal judge in Baltimore stems from a lawsuit filed last year against the Annapolis, Maryland-based school by Students for Fair Admissions, a group founded by affirmative action foe Edward Blum.
His group wants to build on the June 2023 ruling in its favor by the 6-3 conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court banning policies used by colleges and universities for decades to increase the number of Black, Hispanic and other minority students on American campuses.