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This week, we highlight certain petitions asking the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the male-only concept is unlawful gender discrimination and whether law enforcement can enforce a testimony in the form of a phone password.
The Military Selective Service Act requires men but not women to register for the design. In the years 1981 Rostker v Goldberg, the Supreme Court upheld the law against gender discrimination, as women were categorically prohibited from serving in combat roles at the time. The Department of Defense lifted the ban on women in combat in 2013. National Coalition For Men vs. Selective Service System is a male-only design challenge because Rostker’s reasoning no longer applies to the modern military. The petition further states that Rostker himself was wrongly ruled because
By SHAWNE WICKHAM | The New Hampshire Union Leader | Published: January 24, 2021 (Tribune News Service) Sen. Maggie Hassan, D- NH, and two Senate colleagues are calling on President Joe Biden to return the POW/MIA flag to its rightful place atop the White House. A 2019 law requires the flag, which honors American service members held prisoner or missing in action, be flown in designated locations, including the U.S. Capitol, the White House and national cemeteries. During a Memorial Day event last year, the black flag was moved from atop the White House and placed in a new memorial garden on the White House grounds. The change was not announced, but the White House posted a 21-second YouTube video on June 18, showing uniformed service members raising the American and POW/MIA flags on a flagpole in a tree-lined grove under the heading: Under President Trump, the POW/MIA flag flies 24/7 at the White House.
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Pedestrians wear protective respiratory masks in Beijing on January 23, 2020, the same day the government issued lockdown orders for the city of Wuhan over a coronavirus outbreak. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo
President Jimmy Carter receives a telephone call on March 28, 1980, in the Oval Office. On January 23, 1980, Carter reinstated the Selective Service System. UPI File Photo | License Photo
James Jay Carafano is a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges. Rock face rappel training at Fort Drum, NY on June 13, 2019. U.S. Army photo
Key Takeaways
Recruiting is getting harder. The Army has been struggling to make numbers since 2018.
While the Constitution created a framework that allowed for conscription, it did not establish mandatory military service with good reason.
What the armed forces need is more young people showing both a propensity for military service and the qualifications to serve.
A couple of facts are not in dispute. Recruiting is getting harder. The Army has been struggling to make numbers since 2018. While a Pew Research Center survey released in July 2019 shows the military remains among the most trusted public institutions, most of that respect comes from members of older generations, not the younger ones who would be called to serve. Over 70% of American youth are ineligible for mil
Will Women Have to Register for the Draft in 2021?
In January 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ordered the armed services to lift the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. The services were ordered to study the issue and develop an implementation plan by January 2016. In December 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that the military would be opening all “remaining occupations and positions to women,” with “no exceptions,” effective January 2016.
Yet, to this day, women are still not required to register for the draft. Could this change in 2021?
The draft ended in 1973, but in 1980, President Jimmy Carter reinstated the requirement that men must register with the Selective Service System.