Judge Halts Sexist Army Policy on Promotion

This article in the Washington Post reports that a federal judge has struck down the U.S. Army's equal opportunity policy, which appears to have promoted women and minorities at the expense of white male officers. The Army's written direction to promotion boards that urges them to consider the "past personal or institutional discrimination" faced by women and minorities is unconstitutional because the policy does not order the board also to consider possible discrimination against white men, the judge found. This sounds like an important victory for Lt. Col. Raymond Saunders, who has fought this battle for the past three years.

Source: Washington Post [newspaper]

Title: Judge Halts An Army Policy on Promotion

Author: Neely Tucker

Date: March 5, 2002

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