“Ending a decade-long battle in favor of the Defense Department,” the New York Times reports, “the court [8 to 0] rejected the argument of law school faculty members that being forced to associate with military recruiters violated their First Amendment rights to free speech and association. At issue in the case of Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, or FAIR, No. 04-1152, is the Solomon Amendment, which withholds federal grants from universities that do not open their doors to military recruiters ‘in a manner at least equal in quality and scope’ to the access offered civilian recruiters.” In December, the Weekly Standard‘s David Tell explained the “mindbogglingly illogical argument” put forth by the law schools involved in the case.
