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...Solomon Amendment says that if a school receives federal funds, it must grant Pentagon recruiters “equal access” to students. Until this past Tuesday, Harvard Law School had refused to provide assistance to any recruiter that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. The Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy bars openly gay and lesbian individuals from serving in the military...
...FAIR suit and the Waxman brief argue that the Solomon Amendment violates schools’ academic freedom rights by effectively silencing universities that want to “send a message” that is critical of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...
Waxman’s brief argues that the high court can apply the “unconstitutional conditions” doctrine to overturn the Solomon Amendment without simultaneously undermining the Bob Jones ruling and other federal anti-discrimination policies, such as the 1972 gender equity statute known as Title IX, according to Harvard’s general counsel, Robert Iuliano...
Waxman’s brief acknowledges that the federal government has a “perhaps compelling interest” in ensuring that its funds are not used to support racial or sex discrimination. But, according to the brief, the Solomon Amendment is not needed to prevent federal funds from going to support “some wrongful conduct...
Halley said “there are ways that you can make the distinction” between the anti-Solomon Amendment argument and the Bob Jones case. But, she added, “The danger is that the court might...