I wanted to take a few seconds and open discussion on the recent decision that smacks down the law student and other organizations that had tried to prevent Military recruiters from doing business on campuses, particularly law schools and such.
In the last few years, this has been an increasing problem, as some on the more liberal end of the spectrum have decided that freedom of speech applies only to their views of the world, and have mistakenly believed that their rights to association should override and overrule the right of the Federal (U.S.A.) government to attach strings to any funding they provide to colleges and universities.
For my $.02, the U.S. Supreme court got the decision right. The Federal government has the right to attach strings to funds they hand out. It's incredibly rare that anyone would ever receive something for nothing, but that is the equivalent of what the people suing to overturn the law in this instance asked for.
The Solomon law is named for its House sponsor, former representative Gerald B.H. Solomon (R-N.Y.). The law fairly simply requires that any college or university that accepts recruiters from any organization must allow military recruiters on the campus.
The people suing to overturn the law had claimed that the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy was discriminatory, and for that reason (at a minimum) their right of free association should preclude the military recruiters from being able to access the campuses.
Again though, the Solomon Ammendment/Law rules the land, as determined in a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme court. Even the liberals on the court were unable to back their brethren and sisters in the losing side.
I'm sure some on the losing side will try to come up with a new reason why they should be able to prevent the military from accessing their facilities, but hopefully they'll lose in those efforts as well.
