Senators Propose To Head Off ‘Automatic’ Draft Registration by Repealing Selective Service

Automatic Draft Registration Undoes a Victory Decades in the Making

Young people in the U.S. have won a major unsung victory: Starting in December, they will no longer be required to register or report their addresses for a possible military draft. But Congress has given the agency tasked with readiness for a draft a second chance to find a way to sign up young men for a future draft involuntarily and “automatically.” To understand how this victory was won and how young people and their allies can fight the plan…

Senators Propose To Head Off ‘Automatic’ Draft Registration by Repealing Selective Service

On May 14th, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)  reintroduced the Selective Service Repeal Act, S. 4537). This bill already has the endorsement of dozens of peace and antiwar groups, draft resisters, religious organizations, antiwar feminists, and civil libertarians. This bipartisan bill to abolish the…