Registration is current law, but selection and induction, including funds for the staff for draft boards , etc, is not.

Reactivating the draft is as lethal a “third rail” as eliminating social security, maybe more lethal, because it affects young voters.

I don’t think so. They just ignore laws they don’t like.

This isn’t the TSA, they aren’t going to work for free- they haven’t even been hired yet.

Reactivating the draft would mean the end of the Trump administration.

If they need troops for their war, they will just stop-loss them, just like Bush did in Iraq and Afghanistan.

They’ve already rolled over on everything else.

Despite acting with lawless impunity, this administration faces the limitations of the real world.

If they didn’t need money to do anything, and could just will it into existence without congress allocating funds, they wouldn’t be asking billions for this war.

There will be no draft.

No need to be insulting.

And how programs are funded.

Claiming Trump will successfully skirt the law to create and fund the selective service system and that “He will just do it” is a lazy, flippant quip that ignores all the times in the past year that he has been stopped from “just doing it”.

Even in these bizarre times. Federal courts say.....nah.

It would fall under the U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Why wouldn't it census takers and voter ballots are proposed

In fact, the USPS has been an independent, self-funded organization since 1970.
They don't rely on Congress for budgets.
There is no comparison to be made between selective service & USPS.

.... this is not going to happen.

But Self-Registration for the draft?
Not so much??

and the part that he is doesn't include the mouth.

. . . TO VOTE?????????????????

overweight, gamer incels out there?

I was hoping that I'm too old to be drafted, but now I'm not so sure.

The specal US Military program called Progect Richard Simmons, and hand out little rainbow flags the size attached to tooth picks.

Where the Incel & chubby 18 year old recruits sign on to a dramatic weight loss regiment - then becoming lean & lethal soldiers/combatants and cannon fodder.

Compulsory military service so Hegseth can go nuts playing army with his toy soldiers and deadly weapons systems.

USA,.. USA,.. USA.

Fucking Homicidal Maniacal, Traitor Shit CRAZY, WAR Criminals

VIRALIT

Have you heard the news???

Shame.

seems to add more weight to the whole idea of a draft. Of course, Congress would have to authorize reinstatement and that's not likely (at least for now), but this action draws focus to something that was extremely unpopular and stirred up a whole lot of resistance at the time and will surely do so again if it does happen. Might make young people pay more attention.

They are supposed to register for it, of course, and many do. Some do not, of course.

I remember like it was yesterday the time military recruiters came to my high school in 1962. All of the high school boys had to attend an assembly in the gym. There we were threatened with dire consequences if we did not register for the draft as soon as we turned 18. The penalties were detailed. We were duly warned.

Then, the assembly turned into a recruiting session, with the recruiters from the military branches telling us how great it was to be in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines. We got told about the buddy recruiting system.

Then, before the assembly ended, they ran the fear thing back through the room, threating non-cooperating people with serious consequences.

I was not amused. But I sure as hell registered for the draft when I turned 18, and ended up enlisting in the USAF when I was 20.

I don't expect they will use such crude methods now, though.

Guess they are planning for more stupid wars.
You first little Stevie. And Barron. And the rest of these politicians kids.
They can swap their Ivy League’s for olive drab.
They should get the bragging rights to die for their dictator.

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