As an active duty member of the military, I felt compelled to comment on military recruitment on campus ("Supreme Court: Recruiting requirement not speech violation," March 22).

Law schools wanted to ban military recruiters from their campuses because of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Where were the law schools at our universities when the military practiced segregation of the races (something finally ended by President Harry Truman)? Did law schools attempt to ban military recruiters as a matter of principle when the military was segregated? Did they attempt to ban recruiters when women could only be nurses or serve in separate outfits rather than competing with men?No, they didn't. As stated in the editorial, this lawsuit attempted to force a ruling on the military's policy regarding gays in uniform, and it failed. Law schools, it seems, pick and choose when to defend an oppressed group, waiting for a situation that will guarantee them the most positive publicity.