The group that successfully argued to have the Supreme Court bar the consideration of race as a factor in college admissions–an opinion with which the Court specifically excluded the US military academies from requirements to comply–is now suing the US Naval Academy in the expectation that the case will force the Court to remove the academies’ exemption from the rule.
The Baltimore Banner reports that Students for Fair Admissions filed the lawsuit in the Maryland District federal court to have the school in Annapolis remove any such consideration. Since the 1960s, the service academies have been directed to have a student body that closer reflects the racial and gender make-up of the general population so that the US military reflects the diverse American populace.