The Supreme Court upholds the
The Supreme Court upholds the Solomon Amendment. And because it pleases me so much, I just love the pain in David Stout's article:
What makes this money is, of course, Chief Justice Roberts' quote:
I remember this being a hot issue on campus when I was in ROTC, and I recall, as a third-year cadet, having to submit to a panel of professors who wanted MIT to modify the ROTC program. I should clearly track down what happened to that initiative at the reunion this weekend.
And, for the record: I think "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was the biggest mistake Clinton ever made. He left our country with a military trapped between that policy and a growing majority of our country who see no issue with gays serving (I certainly don't) their country. And its a policy that I really don't foresee a Republican president overturning.
(hat tip: Betsy Newmark)
The Supreme Court ruled, 8 to 0, on Monday that colleges and universities that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus even if people in the academic community deplore the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay people.
Ending a decade-long battle in favor of the Defense Department, the court rejected the argument of law school faculty members that being forced to associate with military recruiters violated their First Amendment rights to free speech and association.
What makes this money is, of course, Chief Justice Roberts' quote:
When the case was argued before the Supreme Court on Dec. 6, Roberts zeroed in on the universities' apparent desire to have it both ways - to show disapproval of the military's treatment of gay people but still accept federal money.
"What you're saying is, this is a message we believe in strongly, but we don't believe in it to the detriment of $100 million," the chief justice told a university lawyer.
I remember this being a hot issue on campus when I was in ROTC, and I recall, as a third-year cadet, having to submit to a panel of professors who wanted MIT to modify the ROTC program. I should clearly track down what happened to that initiative at the reunion this weekend.
And, for the record: I think "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was the biggest mistake Clinton ever made. He left our country with a military trapped between that policy and a growing majority of our country who see no issue with gays serving (I certainly don't) their country. And its a policy that I really don't foresee a Republican president overturning.
(hat tip: Betsy Newmark)
