By Ed Hasbrouck and the Selective Service committee Our philosophy As fundamentally antiwar and anti-imperialist organizations, the National Lawyers Guild and its Military Law Task Force oppose the military draft in all its forms. We oppose the current mandatory registration with the…Read More »
“Worst news in years for opponents of the draft and draft registration” Editor’s Note: Due to the timely and critical nature of this article, which was included in the Summer 2021 issue of On Watch, we are bypassing our usual 30-day hold…Read More »
BY EDWARD HASBROUCK The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS)1 has released its final report2, recommending inter alia that Congress expand Presidential authority to order registration with the Selective Service System to include women as well as men. A…Read More »
BY LIBBY FRANK The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service was created by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 to review the military selective service process and to consider methods to increase participation in military, national, and public service.…Read More »
BY EDWARD HASBROUCK As sabre-rattling and escalation of US military conflict prompted fears that all-out war with Iran might lead to activation of the Selective Service System’s contingency plans for a military draft1, the stage is being set for the most serious…Read More »
The current situation in Iraq/Iran is leading many people to wonder about the possible return of the draft. The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, created by Congress in 2017, is set to release recommendations in March, and some in…Read More »
BY EDWARD HASBROUCK Most reporters covering a federal committee reconsidering the draft ignored this headline news, focusing instead on the issue of whether to expand the draft to include women In what could, and perhaps should, be the beginning of the end…Read More »
One Federal District Court Judge Says, “Unconstitutional.” What Next? BY DEBORAH H. KARPATKIN On February 22, 2019, the legal landscape shifted on male-only draft registration. Senior District Court Judge Gray Miller granted summary judgment for plaintiffs in a case challenging the constitutionality…Read More »