women are exempt from registering for selective service.
women are exempt from registering for selective service.
who is exempt from registering for selective service?
women
in february 2019, the male-only military draft registry was ruled to be unconstitutional in "national coalition for men v. selective service system". following the ruling, the selective service's legislative liaison jacob daniels told reporters: "things continue here at selective service as they have in the past, which is men between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register with selective service. and at this time, until we receive guidance from either the court or from congress, women are not required to register for selective service."
selective service system
in 1979, he became director of the selective service system, holding this post november 26, 1979 – july 31, 1981. the selective service registration requirement for all u.s. men aged 18–25, had been abolished by president gerald ford in 1975, but was reestablished when president jimmy carter signed proclamation 4771, "registration under the military selective service act" on july 2, 1980, retroactively re-establishing the selective service registration requirement for all 18- to 26-year-old male citizens born on or after january 1, 1960. rostker thus oversaw the selective service revitalization plan which registered four million men for selective service. he is the named defendant in the u.s. supreme court case of "rostker v. goldberg", 453 u.s. 57 (1981), which upheld the constitutionality of requiring only men to register for selective service.
bernard d. rostker