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Those two suits came just weeks after a broad coalition of law schools and professors, calling itself the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), filed a challenge to the Solomon Amendment in a U.S. District Court in Newark.
Judge John C. Lifland, who is presiding over the FAIR litigation, has the authority to issue a nationwide injunction suspending the Solomon Amendment. But the YLS and Penn lawsuits will give judges in New Haven and Philadelphia the opportunity to issue rulings in conflict with a potential Lifland injunction.
“Both students and faculty decided that it’s better to let a thousand flowers bloom: it could only be to the good to have more opportunities to challenge the Solomon Amendment in court,” said Sofen, a former Crimson editor.
While the District Court in New Haven is itself “a propitious place to file suit,” according to Sofen, “the legal case is so strong that it doesn’t matter” under which jurisdiction Solomon Amendment opponents litigate.
Second, the YLS students contend that the Solomon Amendment is itself unconstitutional.