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The court's decision ought to be repugnant to anyone--pro-life or pro-choice--who believes in the validity of the First Amendment. "If we believe in free speech at all, we must limit responsibility to those who commit the acts of violence rather than lay blame on the...
Representatives Barney Frank '61-'62 (D-Newton) and Thomas J. Campbell (R-Calif.) are preparing to introduce legislation that would repeal part of the "Solomon Amendment," which was passed last year and withholds federal funding from colleges and universities that bar military recruiters due to the military's discrimination against...
The Pentagon sent a letter to HLS last fall claiming HLS policies should trigger a funding loss under the Solomon amendment, but after explaining its policy to the Defense Department, HLS was let off the hook, Donahue said.
But the amendment did force the "great majority" of Association of American Law Schools (AALS) members, which include HLS, to change their policies, according Carl C. Monk, executive director of AALS.
"This is an outgrowth of the information age," says TIME writer Adam Cohen, "and in our society it is the price of the First Amendment right of free speech." It is a price that the courts may be increasingly asked to reevaluate, however. "When speech actively advocates violence," says Cohen...