Affirmative Action—But Only for the Military Academies

When Chief Justice John Roberts issued his decision to kill affirmative action, he added, in a footnote, a revealing caveat. Race-based considerations can no longer factor into college admissions—except at US military academies. The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier. My Nation colleagues are better equipped than I am to examine Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard as a matter of law, politics, and history. But as a “national security” reporter, I’m compelled to call attention to the purposeful perversity of preserving affirmative action only...