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Yale Law School has long been a disgrace. I was surprised, when I searched for YLS on our site, at how often we have commented on farcical events there. Way back in 2003, we wrote about Yale Law Schools disgusting treatment of military recruiters. That was followed by Yales lawsuit trying to have the Solomon Amendment declared unconstitutional. The Solomon Amendment provides that universities that receive federal funding must treat

Philip Hamburger holds an endowed chair at Columbia Law School and is author, most recently, of Purchasing Submission: Conditions, Power, and Freedom, just published by Harvard University Press. I was a fanatic admirer of Professor Hamburgers Is Administrative Law Unlawful? (2014), which I reviewed for National Review in A new old regime. I thought it was the most important book I had read in a long time and still do.

It’s no secret that college campuses have always been one of the most steadfast bastions of antiwar sentiment throughout America. Indeed, student - Joseph Mullen for Antiwar.com Original

Harvard Law School students and faculty said they are encouraged by the Biden administrations reversal of a ban on transgender individuals joining the United States military. Former President Donald J. Trump, who announced the ban on Twitter in July 2017, stated at the time that the U.S. government would not allow transgender people to “serve in any capacity” in the military. During his first week in office, President Joe Biden signed a Jan. 25 executive order stating gender identity should...

Will Women Have to Register for the Draft in 2021? In January 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ordered the armed services to lift the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. The services were ordered to study the issue and develop an implementation plan by January 2016. In December 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that the military would be opening all “remaining occupations and positions to women,” with “no exceptions,” effective January 2016. Yet...

Recruitment is allowed because of the solomon amendment which says if you get public monies, you do have to allow recruitment. were talking about a small number of private elite campuses that dont allow military recruiters on their campus. >> peter, your reaction to the presidents remarks putting dont ask, dont tell and recruiting into the state of the union? >> well, military recruiters certainly need access to the very best young people who may be qualified to serve. rotc provides a great way ...

Treat you a little differently during this controversy? >> its fair to say that. i think a lot of veterans would like to see her do more. we dont like to feel like the military is a second class citizen when it comes to recruiting. >> reporter: but kagan did allow the military to continue recruiting through harvards military association. that disappointed students on the other side of the issue. >> as a student leader of the gay and lesbian group, you know, it had the same effect of allowing the...

Discuss were going to reward 12 to 20 million people with permanent residency because they broke the law. >> on the issue of border security, the president says hes going to send 1,200 more national guard troops down to the border. thats not good enough for arizona governor jan brewer. its a hot button issue for her. here an ad that shes running. lets take a look at that. >> he promised that we would get word from his administration on what they were going to do to secure the border. well, we fi...

Them to continue recruiting. that disappointed students on the other side of the issue. >> as a student leader of the gay and lesbian group, you know, had the same effect of allowing the military on campus. >> reporter: adam sorkin, a former president of harvards gay and lesbian organization believes kagan took a pragmatic approach to protect her image and future prospects. >> and about the effect of her decision, im sure only elena kagan will know that. but from the outside looking in, i defini...

She kept them off campus. she went to court to block them. the military supported the solomon amendment -- >> because she said the military shouldnt discriminate, so the gays and lesbians would be allowed with everyone else in the military. thats very straight forward. >> so she told the military they couldnt go on campus to recruit, they couldnt use career services -- >> until they stopped discriminating -- >> -- against military -- until they stopped discriminating -- >> shes against discrimin...