Biden’s @SecArmy tells me she was “puzzled at the SCOTUS carveout for the military academies when they decided affirmative action wasn’t legal. Why would they treat the academies differently than regular civilian colleges?” GOOD QUESTION!
@RepJimBanks @SecArmy Try showing up for the job instead? 😂
@RepJimBanks @SecArmy The military is exempt from the statues prohibiting discrimination in employment. Nevertheless, its affirmative action efforts prohibit quotas. The core of their strategy is to build the pool so that there are minorities and women fully qualified to enlist, succeed, and rise.
@RepJimBanks @SecArmy 14th Amendment only applies to the states (but SCOTUS may not consistently apply it only to the states).
@RepJimBanks @SecArmy No I think there are very GOOD reasons.