Monday, November 29, 2004
splitting the baby:
Law schools like to help students get jobs.
Except with bigots.
So the Solomon amendment was about cutting off federal funds to
schools that don't cooperate with bigoted employers.
Specificly the US military, which has policies of gender and gender-preference discrimination.
A district court denied a prelim injunction.
That decision was overturned by the 3rd circuit.
The case, when it gets there, will likely be heard by the supreme court.
It's one of those unconstitutional conditions cases, Pico, Rust, etc.
All clear now?
It's a big story, but bigger still when you read the opinion:
Plaintiffs attorney is one Howard Bashman. How appealing.
(posting date moved back a day for obscure reasons)
updates:
how appealing links to discussion at powerline
allow me to propose a simple solution:
cut off federal funding for yale, and for all law schools, so they won't be tempted to compromise their principles.
i live in a census tract where the average household income is $13K.
We'd rather not be taxed to subsidize yale.
Federal income tax isn't that high for those with average household income of $13K,
but the overall tax load is high -ss tax, property tax, sales tax, misc. fees and fines, it adds up, especially as a ratio to disposable income.
while i'm doling out simple solutions, let's cure abortion:
women can still have abortions if they want. but the father has to pay the same amount in child support as if the baby had lived. it goes to an orphanage or taxes or whatever. this result doesn't penalize the woman (at least directly) but gives guys a powerful new motive to avoid unplanned pregnancy.
i didn't say it would be an easy solution, just a simple one.
Law schools like to help students get jobs.
Except with bigots.
So the Solomon amendment was about cutting off federal funds to
schools that don't cooperate with bigoted employers.
Specificly the US military, which has policies of gender and gender-preference discrimination.
A district court denied a prelim injunction.
That decision was overturned by the 3rd circuit.
The case, when it gets there, will likely be heard by the supreme court.
It's one of those unconstitutional conditions cases, Pico, Rust, etc.
All clear now?
It's a big story, but bigger still when you read the opinion:
Plaintiffs attorney is one Howard Bashman. How appealing.
(posting date moved back a day for obscure reasons)
updates:
how appealing links to discussion at powerline
allow me to propose a simple solution:
cut off federal funding for yale, and for all law schools, so they won't be tempted to compromise their principles.
i live in a census tract where the average household income is $13K.
We'd rather not be taxed to subsidize yale.
Federal income tax isn't that high for those with average household income of $13K,
but the overall tax load is high -ss tax, property tax, sales tax, misc. fees and fines, it adds up, especially as a ratio to disposable income.
while i'm doling out simple solutions, let's cure abortion:
women can still have abortions if they want. but the father has to pay the same amount in child support as if the baby had lived. it goes to an orphanage or taxes or whatever. this result doesn't penalize the woman (at least directly) but gives guys a powerful new motive to avoid unplanned pregnancy.
i didn't say it would be an easy solution, just a simple one.
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