Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Race-Based Admissions at West Point

The group suggested Jan. 31 as the deadline for the court to rule, the date when applications for the school’s 2028 class are due.

Cadets walk into Michie Stadium during West Point's graduation ceremony in New York, on May 27, 2023. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Biden administration has urged the Supreme Court to allow the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to continue using racial criteria in its student admissions process, arguing that diversity is a “national security imperative.”

The new brief, filed on Jan. 30, comes after the nation’s highest court struck down the use of affirmative action in admissions at U.S. colleges in June 2023.