Solomon Amendment - SCOTUS

[Mozz]

March 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration can demand that universities give military recruiters the same campus access as other employers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, rejecting free- speech arguments by law schools opposed to the armed services' ban on acknowledged homosexuals.

The justices unanimously upheld a government policy of threatening to cut off federal funds, in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars, from universities that don't provide equal access. The ruling reversed a lower court decision that said the policy violated university speech and associational rights.

``A military recruiter's mere presence on campus does not violate a law school's right to associate, regardless of how repugnant the law school considers the recruiter's message,'' Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the court.

The decision boosts the Bush administration as it struggles to maintain recruiting levels to wage wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's a defeat for Harvard, Yale, Columbia and other universities that accused the government of intruding on academic freedom.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=atzfg3opSAgk&refer=top_world_news



Good times

 

[Fig]

Sounds like a sane ruling.

 

[Archaic]

Don't agree with the message of the recruiters, do agree with the ruling.

 

[The Big Al]

I also agree with ruling. I don't see how preventing military recruiters falls under free speech.

 

[ChaosRocket]

So, for future reference, am I to understand that you believe that if a place recieves any government funding, it has to provide equal access to everyone and can't ban any group based on the preferences of the people who own the property?

 

[Mozz]

So, for future reference, am I to understand that you believe that if a place recieves any government funding, it has to provide equal access to everyone and can't ban any group based on the preferences of the people who own the property?

Not necessarily. But banning federal employers from setting up shop next to private employers while receiving federal money is wrong.

 

[The Big Al]

Though, they should work something out to prevent from this punishing the studesnts and instead punish the campus administrators who won't follow the rules. They're all adults on campus and can make their own decisions and shouldn't be punished for other's.