The 1996 Solomon Amendment is the popular name of 10 U.S.C. § 983, a United States federal law that allows the Secretary of Defense to deny Federal grants (including research grants) to institutions of higher education if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or military recruitment on campus. Note that this includes recruiting by the Coast Guard despite the fact that the Coast Guard is now a component of the Department of Homeland Security (Pub. L. 107-296) The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States. ... Seal of the United States Department of Defense The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense, concerned with the armed services and The Secretary is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet. ... In the United States Federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. ... The University of Cambridge is an institute of higher learning. ... The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is a training program of the United States armed forces present on college campuses to recruit and educate commissioned officers. ... Military recruitment is the recruiting by a particular nations military for men (and in some cases women) to fill the ranks of the corps. ... Canadian Coast Guard ship and helicopter A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea (disputed — see talk page). ... The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the federal government of the United States that is concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. ...

The Solomon Amendment's constitutionality will be determined by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Rumsfeld v. FAIR. Oral arguments in the case took place on December 6, 2005. In 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found for the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, a group representing law schools, led by scholars from Boston College Law School, opposed to the presence of military recruiters on campus. Many law schools oppose military recruiters on campus because they view it as placing their imprimatur on the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding homosexuals. In the fall of 2005, three institutions (Vermont Law School, New York Law School, and William Mitchell College of the Law) were barred from receipt of federal funds because they do not allow military recruiting on campus. The Supreme Court of the United States is the supreme court in the United States. ... Rumsfeld v. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States District Courts: District of Delaware District of New Jersey Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania District of the United States Virgin Islands The court is based at... An association of American law schools seeking to overturn the Solomon Amendment. ... It has been suggested that DADT be merged into this article or section. ...

The Association of American Law Schools, the principal consortium of United States law schools, requires that all of its member institutions establish a policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of "sexual orientation", and additionally demands that member schools require the same policy of any employer to which it grants access for employment. AALS has excused its members from enforcing this policy against the military while it has challenged the Solomon Amendment, as the law would deny federal funding to the parent institution of a law school that blocks access to the military, not just to the law school itself. The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is a non-profit organization of 166 law schools in the United States. ...

In addition to law schools and gay rights organizations, the Solomon Amendment has come under fire from anti-war and counter-recruitment organizations, many of which argue that military recruiters should be banned from schools for reasons that extend beyond "Don't ask, don't tell." Commonly-cited justifications include what are claimed to be deceptive recruiting practices, as well as the war in Iraq. On December 6, 2005, as the Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments in the Rumsfeld v. FAIR case, the Campus Antiwar Network held a nationally-coordinated set of student protests urging the Court to find for FAIR. Anti war protest in Melbourne, Australia, 2003 Anti_war is a name that is widely adopted by any social movement or person that seeks to end or oppose a future or current war. ... Counter-recruitment is a strategy often taken up to oppose war. ... The Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) describes itself as an independent, democratic, grassroots network of students opposing the occupation of Iraq and military recruiters in our schools. ...

Related public law exempts federal grants solely for financial aid as well as for administrative costs for such financial aid from this law (Pub L. 106-79 Sec. 8120). Public law is the area of the law governing the relationship between individuals (citizens, companies) and the state. ... In the United States Federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. ... In the United States, financial aid refers to funding intended to help students pay tuition or other costs, such as room and board, for education at a college, university, or private school. ...

External links

• Advocates for Yale ROTC article
• Boston College Law School Coalition for Equality
• U.S. Code from FindLaw
• Georgetown anti-Solomon Amendment information
• Solomon Amendment compliance from American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers