Supreme rules in favor of military
Published Monday, March 06, 2006 by Editor | E-mail this post 

In what is hopefully a sign of a return to right thinking on the court a unanimous decision was which accept federal funds cannot ban military recruiters from campus. Chief Justice John Roberts penned the court’s opinion, which rejected free speech claims argued by a group of law school professors.
"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," Roberts wrote.
Law schools challenged the military’s presence in opposition to the equally foolish “don’t ask don’t tell” policy instituted by the military during the Clinton era. In reality, had there been no such policy, a challenge to military recruitment would have emerged nonetheless, given the virulent anti-military philosophy of today’s most prominent leftists.
The Federal government gives colleges nearly $40 billion in aid each year, an amount many schools simply cannot afford to forgo, hence the suit. Just as sure as there are stars in the sky, this matter has not been put to rest, these institutions will try other methods to restrict military recruitment, such as limiting their freedom of movement on college campuses, or limiting the times in which they can be present, a move likely to spark another court fight in the not too distant future.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/06/supremecourt/main1372752.shtml
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