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News stories on involuntary military service
Will women have to register for the draft? Republicans say no Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kayla Cerda, a drill Instructor, commands a recruit to run in place during a function in Van Nuys, Calif., on March 12, 2016. House and Senate lawmakers are deeply divided over requiring women between 18-25 years old to register...
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The National Coalition For Men (NCFM) is pleased to announce that on 2/19/16, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal reversed the lower Federal District Court’s dismissal of NCFM’s and James Lesmeister’s lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the male-only Selective Service registration requirement. The District Court had dismissed the case on the ground that...
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NCFM NOTE: Below is NCFM’s opposition to the Selective Service System’s motion to dismiss our lawsuit to stop the horrific gender discrimination within the Selective Service System. Once laws were repealed preventing women from holding combat positions in the military they became “similarly situated” as men. Hence, all legal prohibitions requiring women to register...
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