Trump Admin Settles Lawsuits Over Race-Based Admissions at Military Academies

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Defense Department would end race-based admissions at West Point and the Air Force Academy.

The 2024 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony on the Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on May 25, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Justice Department said on Aug. 12 that it was settling lawsuits over race-based admissions policies at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Air Force Academy.

According to a statement, the settlement includes provisions to ensure that admissions to both the Air Force Academy and West Point be “exclusively on merit, not race or ethnicity.” Attorney General Pam Bondi said her department was working with the Department of Defense to “permanently end race-based admissions” at the service academies.