Titled: Military Wins at U.S. High Court on Campus Recruiting
The Supreme Court ruled that universities give military recruiters the same campus access as other employers:
The justices unanimously upheld a government policy of threatening to cut off federal funds, in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars, from universities that don't provide equal access. The ruling reversed a lower court decision said the policy violated university speech and associational rights.
``A military recruiter's mere presence on campus does not violate a law school's right to associate, regardless of how repugnant the law school considers the recruiter's message,'' Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the court.
And the $35 Billion question is whether any of the federally-funded schools will now forgo that money to keep recruiters off campus. Those blaming the decision on the "conservative court" will have a difficult argument to make, in light of the 8-0 decision.
Once you dip into the federal trough, it becomes very tempting to keep feeding, despite your stated principles.