Solomon Amendment

I'm glad the Supreme Court ruled the way it did yesterday on military recruiting, but I agree with the Wall Street Journal editorial board here:

The Solomon Amendment only denies federal funding to schools that discriminate against the military, but the High Court went one step further: It held that Congress, under its Constitutional authority to "provide for the common Defence," "to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy," could mandate that colleges and universities permit military recruiters on campus, whether they accept federal money or not. (emphasis in original)

We hope Congress does not do so. If those who run America's institutions of higher education really have principled objections to the military's presence, let them take a stand by declining taxpayer money. Then the rest of us can find out how much their principles are worth.

Yep.