Supreme Court refuses case to include women in military draft

It is the *responsibility* of the House to present a Bill that would alter the law, then for Congress to pass it, and finally for POTUS to sign it. Why would SCOTUS be involved in such a mundane *RESPONSIBILITY* of Congress?

Probably because the current Draft requirements have been the "law of the land" for so long - kinda like the 2nd Amendment.

MSgt Danny Hope
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it won’t take a case, brought by the National Coalition For Men, which challenged the constitutionality of the male-only draft.

In a decision with no noted dissenting opinions, the court declined to take the case. In the opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the court had decided to defer the matter to Congress, as it “actively weighs the issue.”

Sotomayor wrote, “It remains to be seen, of course, whether Congress will end gender-based registration under the Military Selective Service Act. But at least for now, the Court’s longstanding deference to Congress on matters of national defense and military affairs cautions against granting review while Congress actively weighs the issue.”

The court’s decision to defer the issue to Congress comes after lawyers within President Joe Biden’s administration urged the court to instead let Congress handle the matter, according to the Associated Press.

In August 2020, a U.S. federal court upheld the constitutionality of the male-only draft. The Supreme Court’s Monday decision means that for now, the male-only draft will stay in place.