SC requires Law Schools to give Military Recruiters access

March 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration can demand that universities give military recruiters the same campus access as other employers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, rejecting free- speech arguments by law schools opposed to the armed services' ban on acknowledged homosexuals.

The justices unanimously upheld a government policy of threatening to cut off federal funds, in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars, from universities that don't provide equal access. The ruling reversed a lower court decision that said the policy violated university speech and associational rights.

``A military recruiter's mere presence on campus does not violate a law school's right to associate, regardless of how repugnant the law school considers the recruiter's message,'' Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the court.