“The university continues to believe that they can negotiate with the Department of Defense and persuade the Defense Department that our nondiscrimination policy is in compliance” with the Solomon Amendment, Burt said.
“We have now gone through three different hiring seasons with our policy on temporary suspension. It is time to face the facts,” said Burt. “The Department of Defense has made it very clear that they feel our policy is out of compliance.”
According to Burt, the Yale professors hope the suit will serve as an example that other schools, including Harvard, will follow.
“If they want to oppose this heavy-handed illegal conduct, the Yale Law faculty’s response would be ‘Go Crimson!’” said David N. Rosen ’65, local counsel for Yale professors.