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For Immediate Release
October 12, 2005
Contact:
Elissa Free, (202) 662-9500
MEDIA ADVISORY |
WHAT: |
Federalist Society Panel on the Solomon Amendment |
WHEN: |
Thursday, October 20, 2005, 4:00 p.m. |
WHERE: |
Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall
Hart Auditorium
600 New Jersey Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
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WHO: |
Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Shannen Coffin, Steptoe & Johnson
Prof. Chai Feldblum, Georgetown University Law Center
Prof. David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center
Gerald Walpin, Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman |
NOTE: |
The 1996 Solomon Amendment provides for the Secretary of Defense to deny federal funding to institutions of higher learning if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or military recruitment on campus. The Amendment's constitutionality will be determined by the Supreme Court in the case of Rumsfeld v. FAIR, which is scheduled for oral arguments on December 6, 2005.
This panel, which is sponsored by the Georgetown Law Federalist Society, will examine the controversial amendment -- including whether a denial of federal funds to a university infringes upon its speech and associational rights.
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