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Forty Harvard Law School professors filed a brief with the Supreme Court yesterday, arguing that law schools should be able to deny military recruiters access to campus resources until the Pentagon pledges not to discriminate against gays and lesbians...
...brief comes one day after the Law School reversed course and announced it would cooperate with military recruiters—a move that came in response to a threat from the Pentagon to cut over $400 million in federal grants earmarked for the University...
Kagan’s announcement marks a reversal of her November 2004 decision to bar Pentagon recruiters from using the law school’s Office of Career Services. For most of the last 26 years, the office has only provided its resources to recruiters who promise not to discriminate against gay and lesbian employees and job applicants. The Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibits gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military...
...mail to students and faculty last night, Kagan wrote that the Pentagon had notified the University this summer that it would withhold most federal grants to Harvard unless the Law School’s career services office gives aid to military recruiters...
Summers also said that he agreed with Kagan’s move to grant Pentagon recruiters an exemption from the nondiscrimination policy...