Yale loses court case over military recruiters

[unhappycamper]

Yale loses court case over military recruiters
By John Christoffersen - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Sep 20, 2007 5:34:58 EDT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale Law School will end its policy of not working with military recruiters after a court ruling this week jeopardized about $300 million in federal funding, officials said Wednesday.

Yale and other universities have objected to the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which allows gay men and women to serve in the military only if they keep their sexual orientation to themselves.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Yale on Monday, rejecting its argument that its right to academic freedom was infringed by a federal law that says universities must give the military the same access as other job recruiters or forfeit federal money.

“The fact is we have been forced under enormous pressure to acquiescence in a policy that we believe is deeply offensive and harmful to our students,” said Robert Burt, a Yale law professor who was lead plaintiff in the case.

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The military’s policy had put college leaders in a thorny situation because campus rules forbid participation of recruiters representing agencies or private companies that have discriminatory policies.

Defense officials argued that a federal law, the Solomon Amendment, requires Yale to allow recruiters on campus even without signing the pledge. Government lawyers have said blocking military recruiters makes it harder to hire huge teams of lawyers for issues related to operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/09/ap_yalerecruiters_070919/

[babylonsister]

1. The government can cut off funds; why can't we? nt

[ck4829]

2. Compromise - Allow Counter-Recruiters on campus to counter the Recruiters

[NYVet]

3. There is another option.

Where does it say that the students HAVE to use federal funds to pay for college?

If the students are so against the rules that the government money, they can take loans or get private grants to pay for college themselves.