Supreme Court Upholds Solomon Amendment
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The Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the so-called Solomon Amendments, which withhold money federal monies from any college or university that denies military recruiters equal access despite the institution's opposition to Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
As I blogged previously, this result is not unexpected. What will be more interesting will be to see how the Court reconciled this decision with its previous anti-gay ruling in Boy Scouts v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000), which held that private institutions indeed have a First Amendment right to freedom of association, including the right to exclude.
DADT is on its death bed anyway; this is a symbolic loss more than anything else from a gay rights perspective.
On the other hand, expect lots -- lots -- more Solomon-esque strings to be attached to educational grants in the future now that the Court has given the practice a green light.
More after I read the decision (PDF - 21 pages).
More thoughts at SCOTUSblog.
As I blogged previously, this result is not unexpected. What will be more interesting will be to see how the Court reconciled this decision with its previous anti-gay ruling in Boy Scouts v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000), which held that private institutions indeed have a First Amendment right to freedom of association, including the right to exclude.
DADT is on its death bed anyway; this is a symbolic loss more than anything else from a gay rights perspective.
On the other hand, expect lots -- lots -- more Solomon-esque strings to be attached to educational grants in the future now that the Court has given the practice a green light.
More after I read the decision (PDF - 21 pages).
More thoughts at SCOTUSblog.
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Posted by Kip on
6 March 2006
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