The group that overturned affirmative motion in most universities is suing the Air Drive Academy in an try to increase its win to the nation’s army faculties.
College students for Honest Admissions (SFFA) filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the academy was violating the Fifth Modification in utilizing race as a think about its admission course of.
“Over the past few decades, the Air Force Academy and our other military academies have strayed from their former colorblind, merit-based admissions policies and now focus on race and ethnicity — factors that do not contribute to the qualifications of applicants,” mentioned Edward Blum, president of the group, in a press release.
The lawsuit comes after a federal choose in Maryland dominated final week towards the SFFA’s problem to the admissions insurance policies of the Naval Academy.
The choose within the case mentioned the court docket “defers to the executive branch with respect to military personnel decisions.”
Whereas the SFFA says it plans to attraction the choice, the transfer to sue the Air Drive Academy, which trains cadets for the Air Drive and Area Drive, exhibits its want to develop these efforts to all army establishments.
When the Supreme Courtroom dominated universities couldn’t use race as a think about admissions in 2023, it mentioned army establishments have a nationwide safety curiosity in having a various class.
“Because the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 opinion in the SFFA case expressly forbids all institutions of higher education from using race in admissions decisions, it must follow that the Air Force Academy must end their race-based policies as well,” Blum mentioned.
“The Air Force Academy has no legal justification for treating applicants differently by race and ethnicity,” he added.
The Hill has reached out to the Air Drive Academy for remark.
