Supreme Ct. Hears Case of Recruiters on Campuses (Solomon update)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Scotus-Campus-Recruiters.html?hp&ex=1133931600&en=a3006909197edb12&ei=5094&partner=homepage

looks like the Solomon Amendment is going to be upheld...

Justices hear campus recruiting case
By David Stout The New York Times

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2005

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court heard a lively argument Tuesday on an issue that touches on free speech, gay rights and national defense in the dangerous, post-9/11 world.

The question was whether the federal government can deny financial support to an entire university if any school within it does not give military recruiters the same access to students that it gives to other potential employers on campus.

Many law schools have curbed military recruiting because they disapprove of the ban on military service by openly gay men and women. In response, Congress enacted the Solomon Amendment, requiring universities to provide equal access to military recruiters if they want to receive federal money.

"That opportunity allows the military a fair shot at recruiting the best and the brightest for the military's critical and vital mission," Solicitor General Paul Clement told the justices during the argument in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, or FAIR.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/06/news/scotus.php