04/13/05

Nothing in the U.S. Constitution authorizes the federal government to conscript citizens for any reason. While Congress has the authority to call out the 'militia' -- which is, in effect, the armed adult population -- to defend our nation against invasion or insurrection, this cannot be done through a draft without violating the Thirteenth Amendment. The problem is that the government has blithely disregarded these clear constitutional prohibitions in the past, and will do so again if permitted to do so. It is easy to foresee a draft-cum-national service measure being passed quietly in December 2006. Who's to stop this from happening? The mothers of America, that's who...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/grigg3.html

from LewRockwell.Com, by Korrin Weeks Grigg


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp