Tag: Selective Service System
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An Undiscussed Consequence of Expanded Draft Registration
Rick Jahnkow / Committee Opposed to Militarism & the Draft - The most immediate danger of expanding draft registration to women is not, as some people think, an increased likelihood of a draft. The chance of that happening anytime in the near future continues to be remote. It wasn’t even on the table for serious government consideration after 9/11, or during the multiple U.S. troop deployments ...
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House and Senate Armed Services Committees vote to make women register for the draft
Edward Hasbrouck / Antiwar - On September 1st, 2021, the House Armed Services Committee joined the Senate Armed Services Committee in voting 35-24 to expand registration for a possible military ...
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House Hearing on Selective Service
May 19, 2021 / Edward Hasbrouck / Antiwar.com - 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 ...
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Supreme Court asked to review Constitutionality of current male-only draft registration requirement
Edward Hasbrouck / Resisters.info - On January 8, 2021 the National Coalition For Men, a men’s rights organization represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, petitioned the U.S. Supreme ...
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House votes down proposal to defund the Selective Service System
Edward Hasbrouck | Originally published in The Practical Nomad July 7th, 2016 This week, during consideration of the annual funding bill for the Selective Service System and miscellaneous other ...
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Urge Congress to support H.R. 4523
Edward Hasbrouck - This year, Congress is having its most serious debate about draft registration in decades -- but so far, the debate has ignored the peace movement and the history of the draft, ...
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ALERT: Proposal to Make Draft Registration Mandatory for a Driver’s License Moves through the California Legislature
Proposal to Make Draft Registration Mandatory for a Driver’s License Moves through the California Legislature LETTERS TO SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY! California’s large ...