But the Biden administration is urging the justices not to step in at this juncture, noting that in March of 2020 the National Commission on Military National and Public Service, created by Congress, released a report recommending that Congress eliminate male-only registration and expand draft eligibility to all individuals “of the applicable age.”
“Congress’s attention to the question may soon eliminate any need for the Court to grapple with that constitutional question,” Prelogar said.
Why. What is the purpose of amending the draft? Is Biden planning on using it? It would fit with the democratic strategy of doing the most they can to be politically unpopular.
Americans: can we have a single positive change
Liberals: We hear you, we see you, and we've decided to have MORE 👏 FEMALE 👏 WAR 👏 CRIMINALS #thefutureisfemale
They just had an all gay air force flight, so happy pride month y'all!
But seriously, Happy Pride y'all!
"This country is different. It's about protection. Our men are raised to protect their women. That's why they draft is only for men, because they know what they're protecting when they fight." Is what old people think
In reality: "wow, women are way cheaper to employ than men because of existing patriarchal social relations. Send the husbands and sons off to die so we can maximize our war profiteering by paying the wives and daughters less in wages."
Sending men to die while women stay behind and take up essential economic work is a nearly-universal tradition.
Hell yeah can't oppose a toothless equal rights amendment now!!!!
this is an unpopular opinion but I agree, ever since we started outsourcing wetwork to PMCs it's just been the same five people doing hundreds of war crimes over and over again
a military accountable to the people by way of mass participation is one that is going to be more hesitant to pull that shit. talk to any military NCO and you'll realize how much more stringent the standards are for boots compared to PMC chuds who literally kill for money for decades (not close to stringent enough for grunts but still more than private)
I'm truly concerned that the PMC takeover is going to cause neonazis to be much more organized and have a lot more resources than they would otherwise stateside. most of the active mercs at Blkwater/TripleCanopy have a lot of white supremacists among their ranks and you'd be stupid to think they're not giving info to RW militias here at home. a draft isn't popular but I don't know how else to kick these people out and have a military that's responsive to the needs of the state rather than responsive to defense contractors and the like
edit: also for anyone confused PMC here means private military contractor not professional managerial class. although members of the second group are usually the ones who end up in the first and vice versa so
A military of ordinary proles is probably better than a military composed only of kids who have grown tired of mutilating animals and are looking for a stronger fix for their bloodlust. The anti-war movement was strongest when precious middle-class failsons were subject to being thrown into punji pits.
Obviously, the imperialist army should be destroyed, but short of that, put the sons and daughters of Senators on the front lines.
Hey, I'm a precious middle-class failson, don't talk about me like that.
