On September 1st the House Armed Services Committee joined the Senate Armed Services Committee in voting 35-24 to expand registration for a possible military draft to include young women as well as young men. Following this House committee vote and an earlier Senate...
Crunch Time in Congress for Selective Service
In the most significant Congressional debate about compulsory military service in the U.S. in decades, Congress is now actively considering multiple proposals related to draft registration and Selective Service.Ending draft registration would be one of the most...
Supreme Court Won’t Review Constitutionality of Current Male-Only Draft Registration Requirement
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it has denied the petition for certiorari in the case of National Coalition For Men v. Selective Service System.The Supreme Court’s action today leaves in effect the decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing...
House Hearing on Selective Service
A House Armed Service Committee (HASC) hearing on May 19th heard from witnesses on only one side of the debate over whether to end draft registration or extend it to young women as well as young men. But despite the one-sided panel of witnesses, questions and comments...
‘Selective Service Repeal Act’ Introduced in Congress
The Selective Service Repeal Act of 2021 (H.R. 2509 and S. 1139) was introduced in Congress on April 14th with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate.Initial co-sponsors of the bill to end draft registration and abolish the Selective Service System are...
Opponents of Military Conscription Call for ‘Full and Fair’ Hearing Before Congress Decides Whether To Expand Selective Service to Women – or To End It
As Doug Bandow reported on Antiwar.com Wednesday, military conscription is a bad idea that just won’t die – and right now it’s under active consideration in Congress.Two years ago, Doug Bandow and I were both invited to testify before the National Commission on...
Supreme Court Asked To Review Constitutionality of Current Male-Only Draft Registration Requirement
Today the National Coalition For Men, a men's rights organization represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Constitutionality – now that women are allowed in all military combat assignments – of the law which...
Good News and Bad News for the Military Draft in 2021
Applicants for Federal financial aid for higher education will no longer be required to have registered with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft or answer questions about their Selective Service registration status or compliance.Among the...
Draft Registration on Track for 2021 Debate in Congress and Supreme Court
The military draft is still on the back burner. But the issue – and specifically whether to (finally) end draft registration or try to expand it to young women as well as young men – is on track to be debated in Congress and quite possibly the Supreme Court in...
Court of Appeals Overturns Ruling That Male-Only Draft Registration Requirement Is Unconstitutional
Thursday a 3-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans issued a decision overturning an earlier ruling by a U.S. District Court in Houston that the current Federal law requiring men but not women to register with the Selective Service System for a...
