Military ban on campus rejected

For the record, HeavyHanded agrees with the decision.

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled against universities that had prohibited military recruiters on campus.

The justices unanimously upheld a 1996 federal law that permits the government to withhold funds from universities that deny military recruiters the same access to students that is allowed other potential employers.

"Recruiters are, by definition, outsiders who come onto campus for the limited purpose of trying to hire students," Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the court in his third opinion since being confirmed six months ago.

Several universities had banned military recruiters to protest the Pentagon's policy against open homosexuality in the armed forces.

The ruling arrives as the Pentagon struggles to achieve recruiting goals for an all-volunteer military force facing the strain of prolonged deployments required by the ongoing war on terrorism." Full article.

The idea that their (a coalition of law schools and professors who brought the case) First Amendment right of free expression was violated on the grounds that it forced them to associate with and promote the activities of military recruiters, is silly in my humble opinion.