Racial Preferences: What the Judge in SFFA v. USNA Got Wrong
<ns0:p>The Supreme Court decision in SFFA v. Harvard (2023), which declared the use of racial preferences in college admissions unconstitutional, did not directly apply to the military service academies. The SFFA then sued the Naval Academy for its racial preferences and lost in district court. William A. Woodruff explains why the judge in the district court case, Richard Bennett, was mistaken for showing deference to the judgement of military leaders.</ns0:p>
Authors
- William Woodruff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-3836)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Questions
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.51845/38.1.8
- Primary Topic
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00