An advocacy group has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, from using race as a factor in its admissions policy after the high court struck down similar policies at other institutions last year.
An advocacy group has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, from using race as a factor in its admissions policy after the high court struck down similar policies at other institutions last year.
Spring Valley businessman Elizier Scher was sentenced to federal prison on Jan. 17 for a year and a day for stealing more than $1.6 million from a Covid-19 disaster relief program. U.S. District Judge Philip M. Halpern also ordered two years of supervision after prison and forfeiture of $1.6 million.
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled the United States Military Academy at West Point can continue to consider race as a factor for admissions, denying a request for a preliminary injunction from the same group that won the landmark Supreme Court case that gutted affirmative action.