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...fill orders for the popular pig-nosed turtle, which is prized both as a pet and for its meat, have to venture as far as the remote Indonesian province of Papua. Those pursuing live reef fish, a Chinese delicacy particularly popular in booming southern China, have appeared in the Solomon Islands and on the island of Mauritius off the coast of Africa...
...former U.S. attorney general and a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the high-profile Solomon Amendment case arguing that if the controversial amendment is overturned, the entire constitutional justification for federal aid to universities will be undermined...
Therefore, the Solomon Amendment, which requires schools that receive federal funds to grant military recruiters “equal access” to students, is “the very condition which renders federal spending permissible,” the brief argues...
Eastman’s brief argues that the Solomon Amendment may in fact legitimate federal aid to Harvard and other schools. “When funding of higher education is restricted by the Solomon Amendment to institutions allowing military recruiters on campus, this overall program—or at least parts of it—is permissible under Congress’ power to raise and support armies,” the brief contends...
More than 20 other friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed in the Solomon Amendment case, including one from a group of seven elite universities including Harvard, and a second from a group of 40 Harvard Law School professors. Under a 26-year-old Law School policy, recruiters that use the school’s career placement office must pledge not to discriminate against gays and lesbians. Military recruiters have refused to sign the pledge, and the Law School had granted the armed services an exemption from the policy from...