The Supreme Court gave the Military Academy West Point just days to file a response brief to an emergency petition asking for an injunction against the race-based admissions practices of the school.
Students for Fair Admissions, which successfully led the charge against admissions procedures at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina last year, filed the emergency petition late last week. Following the petition’s filing, the Supreme Court requested a response from West Point by Tuesday at 5 p.m.
NEW THIS HOUR: The Court has ordered an unusually quick turnaround for the response brief from West Point. It is due Tuesday by 5pm.
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According to Students for Fair Admissions, “West Point’s use of race in admissions violates the Constitution.”
An emergency injunction pending appellate review would restrict West Point’s ability to use its current race-conscious admissions practices until the second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on the group’s request for a preliminary injunction.
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SFFA claimed in the emergency petition that denying the request would lead to “irreparable injury,” but granting it wouldn’t be harmful to the public interest. “Though SFFA appreciates that injunctions are extraordinary, they are necessary when the government refuses to stop facially illegal, rapidly approaching, intentional discrimination,” it said.
President of SFFA Edward Blum said, “It is our hope that the Supreme Court will forbid West Point from using racial classifications and preferences in their admissions process for their incoming class going forward from today” upon the group’s emergency request filing.
The Washington Examiner has reached out to the West Point Office of Admissions for comment.