Fears of Draft Rising Among U.S. College Men

This article from the University of Wisconsin's Badger Herald may put at ease some college age men who fear the draft may soon call them into a physical fight against terrorism against their will. According to the author, Wisconsin professors doubt the draft will be used in the war against terrorism. One large group of people noticeably absent in the draft is women. The original draft provisions referred only to "male persons" as candidates. The constitutionality of this was upheld in 1981 in Rosktker v. Goldberg. President Clinton also asked the Department of Defense to reconsider the gender requirement in 1994, but they came to no decisive conclusions. Pevehouse said the draft is very unlikely to be reinstated, and young men should not worry about it. Update: The author of this piece misspelled Roskter. The summary of the case may be found here.

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