Since Rick Santorum’s unexpected success, his extreme social conservatism has gotten a lot of attention. In some cases, it goes beyond what even most conservative Republicans would be willing to support. My personal favorite extreme Santorum quote hasn’t yet gotten as much play as some of the others. In a September GOP debate, Santorum responded […]
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The Return of ROTC to Elite Universities
By Ilya Somin on June 1, 2011 1:04 pm in Academia, Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), Military, War and Armed Conflict, War on Terror
The LA Times has an article describing how ROTC programs have returned to many elite universities in the wake of the abolition of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy: Helped by the recession, more active recruiting and a sea change in student perceptions of the military, enrollment in ROTC programs on college campuses is booming. […]
Harvard Allows Return of ROTC
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the question of whether elite universities will allow ROTC programs to return to campus now that the don’t ask don’t tell policy has been repealed and gays and lesbians can serve openly in the military. I am happy to report that Harvard University has now agreed […]
Will the End of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Lead to the Return of ROTC Programs to Elite Universities?
By Ilya Somin on February 1, 2011 2:35 am in Academia, Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), Law Schools, Military
At the Weekly Standard blog, Cheryl Miller asks whether the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell will lead to the return of ROTC programs to elite university campuses [HT: here]. In recent years, university officials have defended the exclusion of ROTC from campus as a way of countering the military’ discrimination against gays and lesbians, […]
“He’s big, he’s mean, and he kills lots of bad guys”: The DADT Report
The Pentagon has now released its 256-page report on repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, called formally the “Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’” I won’t hide the ball. After reviewing tens of thousands of questionnaires and polling data from active duty service members, interviewing […]
Judge Strikes Down “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
A federal district court judge in California has held that the military’s policy of prohibiting openly gay members of the military, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” is unconstitutional. Here’s a link to the decision (courtesy of How Appealing) and reports from the Los Angeles Times and the AP.
“Four Days That Shook DADT”
What happened last week to the federal ban on military service by gays and lesbians? Chris Geidner has an excellent summary of the developments.
Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel
The Senate Armed Services Committee has just voted 16-12 to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The repeal would take effect after the release of a Pentagon study on how (not whether) to repeal the policy and after both the president and Defense Department have certified that the repeal will have no detrimental effect on recruitment, retention, […]
Closer and closer
to a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) has now said he will vote for repeal, Politico reports: “I don’t believe that most Nebraskans want to continue a policy that not only encourages but requires people to be deceptive and to lie. The ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy does just that,” […]
DADT Repeal Soon?
A deal is in the works to add a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to this year’s Defense Authorization bill, the method by which it was originally made law. It’s not clear that the votes are there in the House to do it, and if they aren’t there this year they’re unlikely to be there […]
Kagan, the Harvard Ban on Military Recruiters, and Anti-Military Bias
By Ilya Somin on May 10, 2010 8:32 pm in Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), Judicial Nominations, Kagan Nomination, Supreme Court
Conservative critics of Elena Kagan, such as William Kristol and Ed Whelan, have focused on her role in trying to prevent military recruiters from interviewing at the Harvard Law School campus because of the law banning openly gay individuals from serving in the military. The critics argue that Kagan’s stance was badly misguided and a […]