Posted December 18, 2002

The Claremont Institute helped the Boy Scouts win an important victory when the United States Supreme Court ruled in 2000 in favor of the Boy Scouts' right to free association in Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale. The New Jersey Supreme Court had ruled in 1999 that the Boy Scouts could not exclude James Dale, a homosexual activist and former troop leader, from their organization.

Go to:

• Claremont Institute Amicus Brief in Support of Petition for Certiorari (pdf)
  
• Merits Brief (pdf)
  
• Eastman's Appearance on NPR's Justice Talking

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• The Party of Jefferson vs. The Boy Scouts?, by Tom Krannawitter
  
• Boy Scouts' Victory Is A Victory For Freedom, by John Eastman
  
• The ACLU Versus Freedom of Assembly, by Ben Boychuk