Consolidated Brief of Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, Jr. et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents in Gratz v. Bollinger, et al.
Legal Brief - February 19, 2003 -
- Integration of military and officer corps
- Diverse officer corps "essential" to military's ability to perform principal mission of providing national security
- ROTC directly affected by college make-up
- Service academies and ROTC use limited race-conscious recruiting
- Racial tensions during the Vietnam War and into the 1970s severely affected officers' ability to perform
- Race-conscious admissions are constitutional
