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Kagan to Certain Students: Get to the Back of the Bus
Solicitor General and Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan treated patriotic students like second-class citizens when she banned them from meeting with military recruiters in the career office while she was the dean of students at Harvard Law School.

It is unclear whether she encouraged or required students to go off campus to meet with military recruiters. According to the New York Times, Harvard allowed on campus recruiting with the assistance of the Harvard Law Students Veterans Association (HLSVA). However, according to a letter posted on the HLSVA website from February 18, 2005, the HLSVA recruiters "will be strongly encouraged to arrange for an off-campus location to conduct interviews."    ...more