An "Orwellian Theory"

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear the case in which a consortium of 38 law schools are arguing that the Solomon Amendment -- which conditions the grant of federal money upon condition that law schools permit military recruiters onto campus -- is unconstitutional. Apparently, the law schools believe that they should both be able to deprive their students of the right to hear one particular point of view -- the military's -- and continue to sup at the federal trough.

Here's an excellent piece explaining how this project is the antithesis of open-mindedness and all other values that the law schools would claim to represent.

I wrote about this outrage a year ago, in reference to my alma mater, Harvard Law School. Here's an excerpt:

No one can deny that Harvard has the right to expel the military from its campus – but then it should be willing to accept the consequences, namely, the denial of federal funds. Rather than being honorable and consistent, however, Harvard was never willing to “pay for its principles” by declining the federal money when it was conditioned on military access. Apparently, Harvard will only demonstrate its moral commitment to gay rights when it won’t cost anything to do so. It’s moral vanity on the cheap.