Changing the Military Draft: It's Not Really About Women Members of the first group under the peacetime Selective Service Act raise their right hands as they are sworn into the Army in a ceremony performed front of the Los Angeles City Hall, Nov. 18, 1940. (AP Photo) 9 Jun 2021 The Conversation | By Max Margulies and Amy Rutenberg Max Margulies is Director of Research, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, United States Military Academy West Point. Amy Rutenberg is Associate Professor of History, Iowa State University. The Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in the case of National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System. In doing so, it acceded to the Biden administration's wishes that it not address the question of whether women should join the millions of young men required to register each year with the Selective Service – the federal agency responsible for the draft. It will now be up to Congress to decide what, if anything, to do with the law governing registration and the draft.