the constitution must prevail. >> vmi was a 150-year-old all-male military college. it had tremendous endowment, well connected alumni, four-star general reza aslan. when you came out of vmi, that was something. >> the virginia military institute was the last all male-supported school in the country. the tradition as a all-male military academy. >> boys can be troublesome and full of hormones and don't make general characteristics or characterizations here, some young men at that time in their life, they need discipline and vmi provided that. >> look at the redwood standing before you. they represent the edifice of vmi. >> a female high school student wanted to attend vmi, so she brought a case against virginia claiming that the all-male admissions policy violated equal protection.