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...Court voted unanimously to uphold the Solomon Amendment, a 1994 Congressional law that threatens to withhold all federal funding for colleges and universities that refuse to offer military recruiters––who are prohibited from enlisting openly gay men and women––equal access to campus recruiting resources. This decision, while legally sound, is nonetheless a great disappointment, as it will force Harvard Law School (HLS) to acquiesce to an employer’s willful violation of the school’s nondiscrimination policy or forgo over $400 million of federal funding annually...
...enshrined in the Bill of Rights.“[I]t is also important to keep in mind that Roberts’ opinion makes clear that the power to raise and support armies is limited by other provisions of the Constitution, such as the First Amendment and presumably the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment,” Fallon wrote. “In other words, there are still significant limits on what Congress could do.”—Staff writer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pbhayani@fas.harvard.edu...
...great as it is to see us near the top of the APR ratings, it should be expected, not lauded. This is, of course, Harvard.Granted, the life of a Harvard athlete is indeed a hectic one. Few exceptions from coaches regarding schoolwork and even fewer from professors regarding athletics equal awfully busy days full studying, lifting, and trekking back and forth across the bridge to and from the athletic facilities. It’s a demanding existence, no doubt—but I would argue that the chances of a great payoff from the impending Harvard degree are much greater...
...cannot use electricity on the Sabbath, so they have to use a mechanical key to get into their dorms. Out of the seventeen freshmen dorms, only Hurlbut, Thayer, Massachusetts Hall, and Claverly have mechanical key access. The rest require swipe cards. But not all Shabbat keys are created equal. Austin M. Litoff ’09, a self-described orthodox Jew living in Thayer, faced a dilemma involving his Shabbat key. The key he received only opened the basement door, and from there he would be required to take the electric elevator to his room. Litoff, who has since lost...
...have on the military’s congressionally mandated employment policy, all the while retaining eligibility for federal funds.”The Solomon Amendment, initially passed in 1994 and most recently updated last year, says that schools receiving federal funds must grant the military “equal access” to students, but it does not define “equal access.”In oral arguments before the court in December, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy asked the government’s top lawyer, Solicitor General Paul D. Clement...