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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Hill

West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling

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Students For Fair Admissions, the organisation that spearheaded the anti-affirmative action lawsuits that led the Supreme Court to strike down race-conscious admissions in higher education, has sued the United States Military Academy on the same grounds.

In a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, the group claimed the school, known more commonly as West Point, had violated the Fifth Amendment by using race as a factor in its admissions.

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