"Supreme Court Upholds West Point's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy"

The Supreme Court declined to immediately halt West Point's race-conscious admissions policy, rejecting a request from Students for Fair Admissions to change the program, which considers race among other factors in selecting future Army officers. The court's conservative majority had previously struck down similar programs at other universities, but left open the question of race in military service academies. The Biden administration argued that a diverse officer corps is crucial for national security and urged the court to defer to the military's judgments, while the group challenging the policy claimed it was unconstitutional and unnecessary.