Do Universities Have The Right To Control Our Government?
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights is an absurd case. The question before the judges is does to federal government have the right to spend their money as the wish. The University a law school has a policy “that forbids the participation of recruiters from public agencies and private companies that have discriminatory policies“. They apply it to the military and the government withdraws governmental support.
I question why the government gives money lawschools anyways. This is because I do not want my money to support a modern liberal organization, no more than I want it to support religious organization I do not agree with. Law schools need to get out of politics even more than other universities.
According to this article "The outcome turns on the First Amendment and whether schools can be made to associate with military recruiters or promote their appearances on campus. "
The outcome has nothing to do with the First Amendment. The government can make conditions for making their grants, just like a bank does when giving a loan. The closest the First Amendment even comes to addressing this subject is the right to peaceably assembly. Read the First Amendment below and you will see there is nothing in it which says whether the government can or can not determine whom anyone can associate with.
Nerveless the right to liberty though not expressed directly in the Constitution is a right of the people mentioned in the Ninth Amendment and covers the right to associate. The Second Amendment and the duty of the government to provide for the common defense mentioned in the preamble gives the government the right to limit the Universities right to associate, at least when they are paying the University.
I question why the government gives money lawschools anyways. This is because I do not want my money to support a modern liberal organization, no more than I want it to support religious organization I do not agree with. Law schools need to get out of politics even more than other universities.
According to this article "The outcome turns on the First Amendment and whether schools can be made to associate with military recruiters or promote their appearances on campus. "
The outcome has nothing to do with the First Amendment. The government can make conditions for making their grants, just like a bank does when giving a loan. The closest the First Amendment even comes to addressing this subject is the right to peaceably assembly. Read the First Amendment below and you will see there is nothing in it which says whether the government can or can not determine whom anyone can associate with.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Nerveless the right to liberty though not expressed directly in the Constitution is a right of the people mentioned in the Ninth Amendment and covers the right to associate. The Second Amendment and the duty of the government to provide for the common defense mentioned in the preamble gives the government the right to limit the Universities right to associate, at least when they are paying the University.
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