Word: solomons
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...schools challenging the Pentagon’s recruitment policy, may have tossed away its only chance at victory by refusing to advance an argument made by 40 Harvard law professors that initially appeared to attract the support of several justices.The statute in question, known as the Solomon Amendment, allows the Pentagon to withhold federal funds from schools that deny the military “equal access” to their campuses. Harvard Law School and many of its peers require recruiters to sign a pledge stating that they will not discriminate against gays.The military, which bars gays from serving openly...
Most Harvard Law School (HLS) students reacted pessimistically to Supreme Court oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment yesterday morning, saying that the government’s position—rather than the law schools’ stance—seemed to resonate more with the justices. At the HLS Harkness Commons, students listened to an audio recording of the court’s arguments just minutes after they ended in Washington. Though only about 12 students were present at the start of the event, over 100 happened in as the clock approached noon. In the case, Rumsfeld...
Expressing further doubt with FAIR’s claims, several justices suggested that law schools could counteract the Solomon Amendment by expressing their own views on “don’t ask, don’t tell” directly to students...
...Connor emphasized that, even under the Solomon Amendment, law schools can express their opposition to the military’s policy “to every student that enters the room...
...fact, at Roberts’ alma mater, the penalty would be more than four times that figure for violating the Solomon Amendment. Facing Pentagon threats to block federal funding, Harvard Law School announced in October that it would again cooperate with military recruiters...