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Military Draft

7/4/2021

A Faulty Court Precedent on Selective Service Leaves the Last Legal Sex Discrimination in Place

by Kara Dixon Vuic

Since 1981, the Supreme Court has allowed the exclusion of women from Selective Service registration on the grounds that they were excluded from combat and thus not liable to be drafted. This position is out of date with the reality of women's military service, yet the current court declined to correct its error.

SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
4/14/2021

Registering Women for the Draft Wouldn’t be a Big Departure from the Past

by Kara Dixon Vuic

An odd alliance of the ACLU and the antifeminist National Coalition for Men is petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling exempting women from registering with the Selective Service and potentially being drafted into the military. Many voices have long advocated this change.