The group is asking the justices to reconsider a 1981 decision that upheld the Military Selective Service Act under which men -- but not women -- are required to register for the draft. Key to the court's ruling, which was decided by a court made up of all men, was its observation that &quo ...

But the Biden administration is urging the justices not to step in at this juncture, noting that in March of 2020 the National Commission on Military National and Public Service, created by Congress, released a report recommending that Congress eliminate male-only registration and expand draft eligibility to all individuals “of the applicable age.”

“Congress’s attention to the question may soon eliminate any need for the Court to grapple with that constitutional question,” Prelogar said.

Why. What is the purpose of amending the draft? Is Biden planning on using it? It would fit with the democratic strategy of doing the most they can to be politically unpopular.

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    In reality: "wow, women are way cheaper to employ than men because of existing patriarchal social relations. Send the husbands and sons off to die so we can maximize our war profiteering by paying the wives and daughters less in wages."