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...Scouts of America v. Dale, could figure prominently in oral arguments this morning as the justices consider a high-profile dispute over campus military recruitment. A coalition of three-dozen law schools, the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), will ask the justices to overturn the so-called Solomon Amendment, a statute first passed by Congress in 1994 that allows the Pentagon to withhold federal funds from universities that limit recruiters’ access to students. Many law schools—including Harvard’s—want to place restrictions on recruiters as a protest against...
WASHINGTON—Amid the heated debate surrounding a key military recruitment case argued before the Supreme Court, a small but fiery group of protesters braved the frigid winter weather here today to voice their opinions on the Solomon Amendment...
...court historically has granted extra deference to the military. And according to Polsby, the stipulations of the Solomon Amendment are far less onerous than, say, the military draft...
...strategy and training. By contrast, a court of nine law school graduates is “perfectly competent” to decide whether the military needs campus access “in order to attract the attention of brilliant young lawyers.” FAIR will argue that the Solomon Amendment is unnecessary for that purpose...
...government lawyers could cite a friend-of-the-court brief filed by two former defense secretaries, four admirals, and 20 generals—including former presidential candidate Wesley K. Clark and two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—testifying that the Solomon Amendment is “essential” to the military’s mission...