LAW FROM THE CENTER

Today's Harvard Crimson Online has an article about the recent amicus brief in support of the Solomon Amendment filed by law school veterans organizations, which I told you about here. One of the most troubling aspects about the article is the statement by the President of the Harvard Law Veterans Association:

Earlier this month, the HLSVA told the UCLA pro-Solomon Amendment activists that it would not become involved in the widening legal battle.

“Our organization maintains a strict policy of not taking sides on controversial issues,” said the group’s president, second-year Harvard Law School (HLS) student Andrew S. Friedberg.

Hmmm...interesting. I've had some private correspondence with Andrew that would be improper for me to share here (even though he shared a private copy of the draft brief with the Harvard Crimson that I specifically told him to keep in confidence). I will say that it is most troubling that a student organization that purportedly advocates for its members, and that is made up of law students who are supposedly this nation's best and brightest, and whose members will soon graduate and have to litigate the most cutting-edge, controversial litigation this nation can offer, would have a "strict policy of not taking sides on controversial issues."

NOTE: The language quoted by the Harvard Crimson does not reflect the actual, final language of the brief. For the real brief, click here.

UPDATE 1: I think the former En Bancer, the Law Dork, quotes it best: "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality." -Dante Aligheri