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Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will review the Solomon Amendment, which was recently declared unconstitutional by a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Solomon Amendment, which was signed into law by President Clinton in 1994, requires universities receiving federal funding to allow military recruiters on campus...
The Solomon Amendment has primarily affected law schools around the country, as the military has put significant effort into recruiting future lawyers. Harvard Law School requires all recruiters to sign a non-discrimination pledge to participate in on-campus activities, yet the military has refused to sign the pledge due...
The government has argued that the Solomon Amendment is constitutional since universities are not required to accept federal funding, and therefore do not have to let the military recruiters on campus. This is, however, sheer coercion due to the dependence of private universities on federal funding. Some schools receive upwards...
Since 1994, several universities have done everything within their power to keep the military and its Dont ask, dont tell policy off campus. After the 2003 change to the law requiring equal access, 31 law schools joined forces and created FAIR as a means of pursuing legal action against the...
“Kennedy is both a good defender of First Amendment rights and has also been very attuned to issues of discrimination against gays and lesbians,” Greenfield said.