JAG CENTRAL

In another battle over the Solomon Amendment (10 USC 983), a federal judge from Alabama has decided not to hire students for clerkships from Yale Law School, traditionally a leading source of federal clerks. Judge William M. Acker, Jr. cites for his reason the fact that Yale has barred access to interview programs from military recruiters in protest for Congress's policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." (Story via AP and Newsday.com) The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in January that the Solomon Amendment was unconstitutional, meaning that the Federal Government could not withhold funding from schools that bar access to military recruiters. NOTE: The Centrist helped write an amicus brief on behalf of the UCLAW Veterans Society, arguing in favor of upholding the Solomon Amendment.