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September 9, 2010

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Reforming Selective Service

CCW's Advice to Youth Facing Registration with Selective Service
Mar 1, 2010 – Before you Register: ⇒ Carefully read the information below ⇒ Consider all of your options All males residing in the United States are required to register for the draft during... Read the rest

It's Time to Update the Draft Registration Form -- and the Selective Service System (II)
Dec 25, 2009 – This is an update of an article I wrote several years ago: Since President Carter announced the resumption of draft registration back in 1980, the draft registration form -- both... Read the rest

Register for Peace: Getting Settled
Nov 12, 2009 – The Department of Justice lawyer wants to pursue settlement. We're working on a deal where my claim to conscientious objection will be recognized by letter before I register, in this... Read the rest

Register for Peace: Can't call it yet, but hopeful signs...
Sep 29, 2009 – The details are confidential, but this is what I'm at liberty to say: We're coming to the end of the time appointed for the Department of Justice to respond to... Read the rest

Register f or Peace: Registering for Peace
Aug 11, 2009 – On Wednesday, the 29th of July, I filed a lawsuit against the federal government declaring that, because of my religious beliefs, I should not be required to register for the... Read the rest

Selective Service Is Sued by Quaker: Draft Form Has No Way to Indicate Status as Conscientious Objector
Jul 30, 2009 – A Washington state Quaker filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the U.S. government is discriminating against him because it will not recognize his status as a conscientious objector on... Read the rest

ACLU Lawsuit Says Selective Service System Violates Religious Rights
Jul 29, 2009 – Won’t Allow Quaker to Claim Conscientious Objector Status When he Registers for the Draft July 29, 2009 The American Civil Liberties Union today filed suit on behalf of a... Read the rest

Tobin Dana Jacobrown vs. The United States of America
Jul 29, 2009 – UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOBIN DANA JACOBROWN 8161 Midway Avenue NE Indianola, WA 98342 Plaintiff v. No. 1:09-cv-1420 (RMU) ERNEST E. GARCIA Acting Director Selective... Read the rest

Register for Peace: Suit Filed!
Jul 29, 2009 – After a delay to consider some new ideas from ACLU members, I'm happy and relieved to say that my suit was filed yesterday. After an interview that morning with the... Read the rest

Register for Peace: Filing the Case: July 28th
Jul 18, 2009 – Three years ago, I had to make a decision. I knew I believed in nonviolence - I knew I would rather die than fight in a war - these were... Read the rest

Register for Peace: Passing Down the Nonviolent Tradition
Dec 25, 2008 – This article was published in the December 2008 edition Friends Journal, a quaker publication. It discusses Craig's own history refusing to register for the current draft when it began in... Read the rest

Tobin Dana Jacobrown's Response to Selective Service: July 24, 2008
Jul 24, 2008 – July 24, 2008 Rudy Sanchez, Esquire General Counsel Selective Service System Arlington, VA 22209-2425 Re: Tobin Dana Jacobrown Dear Mr. Sanchez: Thank you for your letter of June 11, replying... Read the rest

Register for Peace: A Way to Register for Peace
Jul 24, 2008 – In 2006, Tobin Jacobrown chose to not register with the SSS, concluding that it would be too great a burden on his beliefs in nonviolence. Now he is pursuing a... Read the rest

Tobin Dana Jacobrown's Response to Selective Service: May 30, 2008
May 30, 2008 – May 30, 2008 Rudy G. Sanchez, Esquire General Counsel Selective Service System Arlington, VA 22209-2425 Re: Tobin Dana Jacobrown Dear Mr. Sanchez: I am writing to follow up on... Read the rest

It's Time to Update the Draft Registration Form -- and the Selective Service System
Jan 1, 2008 – Since President Carter announced the resumption of draft registration back in 1980, the draft registration form -- both the original, blue and white cardboard form found at Post Offices across America as... Read the rest

Flurry of Calls About Draft, and a Day of Denials
Dec 23, 2006 – WASHINGTON - As the de facto media contact for the Selective Service System, Dick Flahavan is the Maytag repairman of government press people. With the military draft out of business... Read the rest

US Tests Call-up System but Denies Return to Conscription
Dec 23, 2006 – The Bush administration is planning a test run of America's emergency military call-up, stoking speculation about a return to a draft at a time when the White House is considering... Read the rest

Seven Reasons Why You Should Vote To Study Draft Registration
Feb 27, 2005 – 1. Dollars: Since 1980, the Selective Service System has spent over 25 million dollars a year registering young men for a non-existent draft that almost everyone insists we don't need.... Read the rest

Pelosi Ponders Fate Of Selective Service
Oct 29, 2004 – Tonight's live national call-in simulcast on Link-TV and Pacifica Radio, "FAQs: The Politics of the Draft", seems to have been intended much more as a forum for Democratic Party electioneering... Read the rest

The U.S. Military Is ‘Absolutely’ Stretched Thin
Jul 9, 2004 – "Are we stretched thin with our active and reserve component forces right now? Absolutely. We just did the largest move of the Army since World War II. You can't move... Read the rest

Military challenge: MA lawsuit questions Selective Service System
Jan 27, 2003 – Posted on January 10, 2003. As the United States prepares for a possible war in Iraq and one congressman crusades to bring back the military draft, a group of Massachusetts... Read the rest

Don't draft anyone now, but do register women
Jan 27, 2003 – A proposal by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., to reinstitute the military draft has generated a great deal of controversy in Washington. As the nation readies for war, Rangel contends it... Read the rest

Rough draft
Jan 27, 2003 – Posted on January 24, 2003. Receiving his draft registration card in the mail served a wake-up call for 18-year-old Danvers resident Evan Simons and his mother, Kathy. Like most 17-year-old... Read the rest

Young Americans defy draft registration
Jan 27, 2003 – Since 1980, the U.S. government has required all males between the ages of 18 and 26 to register for the draft. However, huge numbers of young Americans are ignoring this... Read the rest

Letters To Congress On Stopping The Draft
Jan 7, 2003 – July 9, 2004 Subject: Pending Draft Legislations Targeted for Spring 2005 To: Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ), 1st-term Democrat from New Jersey. Legislation that is pending concerning the draft needs to... Read the rest

Universal National Service Act of 2003
Jan 7, 2003 – As presented before the first session of the 108th CONGRESS. S. 89: To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women,... Read the rest

Universal National Service Act of 2003
Jan 7, 2003 – As presented to the first session of the 108th Congress on January 7, 2003.<<br /> H. R. 163: To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons... Read the rest

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