Category: Military conscription

Thank You for Your Service

May 26, 2023
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Commentary I’ve walked the wall and touched the names of classmates. I respect those who fought in Vietnam; many were draftees. It was my generation’s war. A volunteer force improved the military—a positive—but the idea exacerbates the growing division within our country. We’re a divided nation with a loss of faith in institutions and a…

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Russian Cannon Fodder

October 19, 2022
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Commentary Our world is obsessed with saving lives. We survived COVID lockdowns imposed by governments claiming to keep us safe. Teams of burly footballers dropped to their knees because Black Lives Matter. The presumption of innocence wilts under the strain of laws designed to keep women safe. After all that posturing, it is odd we…

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Don’t Accept Legal Challenge to All-Male Military Draft, DOJ Urges Supreme Court

April 15, 2021
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The Biden administration is urging the Supreme Court not to take up a petition asking the court to strike down as unconstitutional a law that authorizes military conscription solely for men. The Trump administration defended the current system in the lower courts. President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained two deadline extensions before filing…

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