Refusing to act on an emergency motion by a conservative defacto white rights organization, the Supreme Court upheld race-based admissions policies used by the US Military Academy at West Point, the top education facility for US Army officers, the Washington Post reports. The Court refused to take action on the emergency request from the group Students for Fair Admissions, which purports to support “merit-based” admissions that have no consideration of race or other non-academic considerations.
Noting it should not be seen as a ruling on the Constitutional argument, the unsigned order said the record before the court is “underdeveloped.” The order stands in opposition to a SCOTUS ruling in June 2023 that rejected race-based admissions at colleges and universities, ordering schools to immediately adjust their admissions criteria.