On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear a pair of cases that many legal experts expect will overturn the legal basisfor affirmative action and, perhaps, upend how the military chooses its officers.
The Army, Navy and Air Force academies practice affirmative action — the policy of using race as a factor in admissions — to boost diversity, as do many colleges and universities that offer ROTC programs.
The two cases before the court could change that, challenging Harvard College and University of North Carolina admissions practices as racially discriminatory and asking for a legal ban on affirmative action...
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