Constitutional Law
Dec. 10, 2015
Days may be numbered for male-only draft registration
Male-only draft registration is one of the last bastions of open sex discrimination in U.S. government policy, but two ongoing cases are challenging its constitutionality.
Ilya Somin
Professor of Law
George Mason University
Ilya is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, author of "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain," and "Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter." He writes regularly for the Volokh Conspiracy blog.
Male-only draft registration is one of the last bastions of open sex discrimination in U.S. government policy. Under current law, nearly all men between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register for "selective service," but women are not. While we currently do not have an actual military draft, the registration system is intended to make it easier to begin conscripting civilians into the armed forces should Congress ever choose to do so. The current male-only registration system ensur...
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