Forty-four faculty members of Yale Law School
have won standing to proceed with their suit against U.S. Secretary of
Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld over the Pentagon's demand for on-campus
military recruiting in spite of its prohibition on openly gay and
lesbian servicemembers. The suit arose over the Department of Defense's threats
to withdraw over $300 million in federal funding if the law school
didn't include military recruitment in the career development services
it provides to students. Ruling that the plaintiffs have standing, Hall
noted that, although the university stands to lose the funding, it is
the individual faculty members who are compelled "to choose between the
exercise of their constitutional rights and federal funding for
themselves, Yale Law School and Yale University." [more]
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