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Supremes To Consider The Military Draft

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Getting back to the title of this thread what do you think that their verdict will be? I like to think that it will be this:

 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Getting back to the title of this thread what do you think that their verdict will be? I like to think that it will be this:

I make no predictions.
The problem is that the court often rules based upon its
perception of what is best for the country according to
their values & experiences. The law will then be bent
to that agenda.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
I make no predictions.
The problem is that the court often rules based upon its
perception of what is best for the country according to
their values & experiences. The law will then be bent
to that agenda.
Aaahh, you're no fun. For example if they decide to draft old coots like us the result could be:

 

esmith

Veteran Member
I'd have felt no obligation then too.
I also felt no obligation to design tools for war.
But I chose to do it because I believed it worth the effort.
However, I do belive you have implied that you carry a firearm for protection. How is that any different from joining the military to protect your family and others from the possible outcome from WWII?
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
However, I do belive you have implied that you carry a firearm for protection. How is that any different from joining the military to protect your family and others from the possible outcome from WWII?
I am putting on my magic psychic hat:

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Many wars are immoral and not fought for the defense of the country. Being ordered to kill others to protect the nation from what some perceive as a threat is not the same as self defense of one's family.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
However, I do belive you have implied that you carry a firearm for protection. How is that any different from joining the military to protect your family and others from the possible outcome from WWII?
I carry a handgun voluntarily.
But for the people & their government to force a
minority to do the fighting for them for minimal
compensation is unacceptable.
 

Curious George

Veteran Member
Looks straightforward to me.
Perhaps some of them will see it that way.
But I make no predictions about strict constructionists
reading the 13th Amendment's prohibition of involuntary
servitude. Nor do I see the liberals being necessarily
all equal rights for men & women.
Is that even a question of law before the court?
 

Shaul

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
I don't think either sex belongs in a military, nor do I think any group has a right to require anyone to fight or work for them.
Does that mean you oppose the form of required working for others called taxes?
 

Shaul

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
The need for a draft registration is obsolete. Modern computers and identification databases have made it unnecessary. If the government ever truly needed to mobilize for a war it could do it without the intrusive draft registration we have now. Plus in a genuine, and highly unlikely, case of such a needed mobilization the populace would step up and volunteer.

I mean, really, what is this, the olden days?

Let’s just get rid of the draft registration and make this case moot.
 
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