Faulkner v. Jones

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge, further

dissenting:

Now that the “rush” to file the majority’s order has been accommodated, I have decided to expand my dissent to more fully address in some detail the posture in which the motion to stay our mandate was presented to this court.

Shannon Faulkner’s admission into the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel has been mandated by default. Faulkner’s admission is sanctioned by this court despite the fact that the constitutionality of the parallel program for the South Carolina Institute of Leadership for Women (SCIL) at Converse College has never been addressed on the…