Comments on: Court to rule on “Solomon Amendment”

By: Only Solutions

Only Solutions — Wed, 04 May 2005 15:16:54 +0000

Gay Day in Law Land

Anyway, to move on, the US Supreme Court will make a decision about the Solomon Amendment. There’s more detail over at the SCOTUS blog.

By: Michael F. Wasserman

Michael F. Wasserman — Tue, 03 May 2005 10:51:30 +0000

Or, in this case, *probably* unconstitutional. Does the Court always take cases in which a federal program is preliminarily enjoined? How likely is it that the Court will also take the Yale case, since it at least has reached final judgment after a full hearing?
(The 3rd circuit’s decision is reported at 390 F.3d 219 and freely available at http://vls.law.villanova.edu/locator/3d/Nov2004/034433p.pdf; the district court’s Burt opinion is reported at 322 F.Supp. 2d. 189 and freely available at http://www.ctd.uscourts.gov/Opinions/013105.JBH.Burt.pdf.)

TG responds: It’s very unlikely the Court will grant cert. before judgment unless there is some extraordinarily unique feature about the legal issues in the Yale case, without which the issues re the Amendment can’t be decided.

By: Begging To Differ

Begging To Differ — Tue, 03 May 2005 03:54:50 +0000

SOLOMON AMENDMENT

The Supreme Court will decide the Constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment, a federal law that withholds federal funds from colleges that prevent the military from recruiting on campus. SCOTUSBlog has a brief history of the amendment. Paul Horwitz at…

By: Don't Know It From Adam

Don't Know It From Adam — Tue, 03 May 2005 03:30:56 +0000

Supremes on Solomon

Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of Solomon Amendment. You knew it was coming. It was only a matter of time. I’m interested to follow this case….

By: JAG CENTRAL

JAG CENTRAL — Tue, 03 May 2005 02:18:11 +0000

SUPREME COURT TO HEAR SOLOMON AMENDMENT CASE

The SCOTUSBlog writes about the cert. grant here. You can get the Third Circuit’s opinion here. The Georgetown University Law Center has a running repository of FAIR v. Rumsfeld litigation here. NOTE: The Centrist was a contributing author to the UCL…

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 02 May 2005 21:21:51 +0000

Is there a Circuit split on the Solomon Amendment, or is the Third Circuit the first appeals court to consider it?

TG Responds: there is no split; the Court has an essentially categorical rule of granting cert when a federal statute or program is declared unconstitutional.

By: Crescat Sententia

Crescat Sententia — Mon, 02 May 2005 20:49:12 +0000

Against Institutionalism

The Supreme Court has decided to decide the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment (which conditions federal funds on a school’s willingness to open up to military recruiters). I’ve posted on this before (1, 2, 3) and I think there is…

By: Crescat Sententia

Crescat Sententia — Mon, 02 May 2005 20:49:00 +0000

Against Institutionalism

By: INTEL DUMP

INTEL DUMP — Mon, 02 May 2005 19:07:27 +0000

SCOTUS to hear “Solomon Amendment” appeal

(Via SCOTUSblog) The Supreme Court has decided to hear the government’s appeal of last…

By: Law Dork

Law Dork — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:03:15 +0000

Solomon Heads to the Supremes

The Supreme Court accepted certiorari in the Solomon Amendment challenge out of the Third Circuit, Rumsfeld v. FAIR (pdf). The challenge to the amendment — which conditions receipt of federal funds to colleges on allowing military recruiters on campus…

By: i'm just waiting for the robot invasion

i'm just waiting for the robot invasion — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:24:57 +0000

The Solomon Amendment

Per SCOTUSblog, The “Big C” Court will rule next term on the so-called “Solomon Amendment” – a federal law that cuts off funds to educational institutions that refuse military recruiters access to campuses and students. I, like several others who post …