The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., shut down a dozen extracurricular and social clubs for cadets centered around gender, race and ethnicity — stating that it was doing so to comply with the Trump administration’s push against diversity, equity and inclusion programs at all levels of government.
A memorandum dated Tuesday and signed by Chad Foster, deputy commandant at West Point, said the clubs — which include the Society of Women Engineers and Latin Culture Club — will immediately be disbanded and ordered them to “unpublish, deactivate, archive, or otherwise remove all public facing content.”
The memo, verified by The Washington Post, instructs the Directorate of Cadet Activities, which manages more than 100 clubs and sports teams for the West Point student body, to “review and revalidate” all other extracurricular and social clubs “to ensure they are aligned with applicable” presidential executive orders and guidance from the Defense Department and Department of the Army.
A federal judge Monday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to provide a sworn declaration by noon...
