12/6: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pay Attention
DL As we belly-ache about Alito's 25 year old memorandums, Senate Democrat obstructionism, and Presidential chicanery the Supreme Court continues to affect not only law, but policy. Today, notwithstanding. . .
AC Today the so-called Solomon Amendment is before the Court as they hear oral arguments. Can the U.S. Government withold federal monies to educational institutions which obstruct military recruiters from coming on campus because of said discriminatory policies against homosexuals. The federal policy is "don't ask, don't tell." Many college campuses argue that this is blantantly discriminatory, and do not want to be a part of it by letting recruiters on campus.
DL Is this about carrots or sticks?
AC The buzz from the mainstream press, already, is that the Court will fall into place and rule with the Congress and hope few pay attention. There is no question about the Constitutionality of this. Conservatives see this as Federalism, and Liberals see it as "equal protection."
DL No one seems to be seeing anything. Furthermore, whose Constitution? If liberals desire a "living Constitution," can't the Court say anything it wants and call it Constitutional?
AC Politics ain't beanbag.
DL That is no excuse to let the government do anything it wants.
PM At what cost?
Good question.
posted by CitizenU @ 11:25 AM
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(I know I'm off topic.)
Is it bad that I get political news from this blog and the Daily Show? American news sources have a hard time talking about what goes on in Congress. Well, at least the newspapers and websites do. Apparently, the fact that big churches are closing for Christmas is more important than Congressional hearings that include discussions to limit our free speech (although they say they aren't).
Apparently, our TV programs are affecting "jihadists" around the world. So really, September 11th was Hollywood and Comcast's fault.
Oy vey. What a country.
Wow - the fact that a bunch of law professors brought this lawsuit against the government over the Salomon Amendment boggles the mind. On the one hand, universities want to feed at the public trough through tens - hundreds - of millions of dollars of grants, etc. On the other hand, the universities don't want any strings attached to that money (like letting military recruiters on campus).
Hey, Professors, get a grip: if you don't want recruiters on your campus, don't accept the money from the feds. If recruiters are allowed on campus, nothing restricts these professors from lambasting the military, government, Bush, the Patriot Act, and all the other "outrages de jour" that are so terribly offensive to their collective sensibilities. And the universities can keep their spot at the public trough.
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