Court lets colleges ban military recruiters

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled the Solomon Act of 1996 unconstitutional, meaning the government cannot restrict funds from colleges and universities because they don't allow military recruiters on campus.

The Solomon Act, named for its author Gerald Solomon of New York, aimed to deliver a patriotic slap in the face to a number of law schools that had decided to stop cooperating with military recruiters based on the ban on gay and lesbian service members. No other employers with discriminatory policies were allowed to recruit on campus, the schools reasoned, so why should the armed forces be an exception?"

I didn't know much about this before, but I agree with the decision. I did find this funny though:

"Writing in dissent, the third judge, Ruggero Aldisert, argued that national security should be taken into account. 'What disturbs me personally and as a judge," he wrote, "is that law schools seem to approach this question as an academic exercise ... with no thought of the effect of their action on the supply of military lawyers and military judges.'"

What disturbs me is that a judge is saying anything but the law, especially "national security," should come into their decisions!