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| San Diego-Based Men's Group Wins U.S. Suit: Women Must Register for Draft |
| 2019-02-24 |
| [Times of San Diego] Even though America hasn't had a military draft since 1973, men ‐ but not women ‐ are required to register with the Selective Service. A federal judge Friday said that must change ‐ ordering the government to register women as well. Welcome to Real Equality, SJW's! U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller in Houston agreed with the San Diego-based National Coalition for Men and granted its request for summary judgment in a class action suit. Touch my grandchildren and things will become instantly kinetic. "The male-only registration requirement of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3802(a), violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution," Miller's "final judgment" says. "Women are now allowed in combat, so this decision is long overdue," said Marc Angelucci, attorney for NCFM. "After decades of sex discrimination against men in the Selective Service, the courts have finally found it unconstitutional to force only men to register." Indeed, Miller wrote: "While historical restrictions on women in the military may have justified past discrimination, men and women are now ‘similarly situated for purposes of a draft or registration for a draft.' … If there ever was a time to discuss ‘the place of women in the Armed Services,' that time has passed." Angelucci noted that despite the absence of a draft, men still face prison, fines and denial of federal loans for not registering or for not updating the government of their whereabouts. "Since women will be required to register with the Selective Service," he said Saturday in a statement, "they should face the same repercussions as men for any noncompliance." Angelucci, a Los Angeles attorney, previously worked as a family law attorney for the Men's Legal Center in San Diego. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 The Equal Rights Amendment failed to be ratified. There were reasons it failed and why the Founded set the bar so high. Our lords and ladies of America's judicial aristocracy however have since decided to implement it through 'interpretations' such as this. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-24 11:18 |
| #2 Yes, yes, P2k - very sad example of judicial overreach. Very, very, sad. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-24 11:04 |
| #1 While I'm happy payback is coming, its all due to 'judicial' interpretation, not the reading of the Constitution. The Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment has been abused by the judiciary to expand its powers and oversight into things it was never intended, but certainly avoids all that messy stuff in Article V on how to amend the Constitution. Here's the part the judge refused to adhere to - Art I, Section 8, Congress shall To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; It's Congress' call. Per their authority 10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are— (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. That is the basis for the selective service and activation of the federal militia. I don't see anything but another example of judicial dictation overthrowing the Constitutional separation of power. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-24 08:08 |