In a stunning reversal of policy, Harvard Law School decided on Tuesday to initiate once again its ban on military recruiting on campus. In a public statement, Dean Elena Kagan wrote: "This return to our prior policy will allow OCS to enforce the Law School's policy of nondiscrimination wthout exception, including to the military services. I am gratified by this result, and I look forward to the time when all law students will have the opportunity to pursue any legal career they desire." As such, military recruiters will no longer have access to official school recruiting channels.
The decision to bar military recruiters comes in the wake of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issuing a preliminary injunction against the Solomon Amendment, finding it to be unconstitutional. In 2002, the Defense Department threatened to cut funding to Harvard if it did not allow military recruiters on campus, noting that the Solomon Amendment gave it the power to deny funds to colleges and universities that restricted military recruiting. Harvard and other schools complied with the request, fearing the loss of millions of federal dollars.
Despite student protests and faculty support for a lawsuit, Harvard did not initiate litigation against the Solomon Amendment. Other schools, however, did initiate litigation, leading to the 2-1 ruling in the Third Circuit. The ruling centered on the first amendment right of expressive association and the right of law schools to not associate with a group whose message went against the non-discrimination policies of the schools.
The co-presidents of HLS Lambda, Peter Renn, 2L, and Sam Tepperman-Gelfant, 3L, issued a joint statement in light of the ruling. "The decision is an enormous victory for equality and the right of educational institutions to send the message that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is fundamentally wrong," wrote Renn and Tepperman-Gelfant. "The court held unequivocally that the Solomon Amendment cannot currently be enforced. In so holding, the court saw the Solomon Amendment for what it is: a bald-faced attempt by the federal government to blackmail schools into compromising on their commitment to equality for all."
Though pleased with the ruling, Renn and Tepperman-Gelfant expressed dismay that Harvard stood on the sidelines while other schools fought the legal battle. "While we applaud the Harvard Law School faculty members who filed an amicus brief in the case, we remain disappointed and ashamed that Harvard University refused to join FAIR and therefore played no part in today's victory."
The next phase in the case could be the Third Circuit hearing the case en banc or appealing straight to the Supreme Court.
My wife's father is hessaby as in www.hessaby.com (they stole his cash and put it there) and my mother-in-law family is related by marriage tot the Pakravans., who headed the SAVAKPan Am was nicknamed PanIran as the Shah's family was the largest shareholder. I have extreme amount of details of exactly was going on
from the Iranians wanting him to return their assets to other coup attempts to 6 months before the Shah son pretended he was bankrupt in a public trial, to my wifes relative coming to our house talking about the coup and we did not know they were in Washington DC, to the Iran Contra hearings trial that was going to start Feb 20 th, 1989 to the tipping of the coup to the Iranian govt, ,to something in writing I can prove the coup to the Salamon Rushtie Feb 14th insult to islam to get the people on the street to avoid the coup to the Iranian govt announcement of a coup by 'dissent mullahs' announced at the time to the negiotations between the Bush people involved pretending they were going to make a deal to the 'nice' stories plant in US newspapers at the time (including the Post) as part of the negotation to the fact the bomb had to placed out of London based on the flight path as I worked at USAir at the time creating the flight plans for the 'planes to fly themselves' to overt CIA agents around me at the time to the fact that Bollier, the guy who made the timer for the bomb's wide was IRANIAN and the Libyans told me and said they were not allowed to say... there were 3 witness only.. the main one was trashed.. Bollier and a guy whom said he soldm the Libyan a suitcase in Malta.. hence, one the suitcase guy would be left.. the Libyans did not put up a defence in exchange for evidence to trash the main witness on the stand to what an overt CIA agent told me in the US 4 years later.. etc. etc and the details of several coups to the new World bank (my wie's cousin involved who used to work at the work bank)and US loans starting May 1990 to Iran to the fact that PANAm was shut down 18 months later as they thought it would be targeted again because of the Shah connection (the US airlines go in and out of bankruptcy all the time - this was the one of the first US airlines - an ICON) etc
I also know where the Iranian govt officials have money in the US, Canada and UK; the back door dealing etccall me for details.. Barry Lanza 00 44 1786831554.. My father-in-law was a convicted spy given amnesty