Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...first war in any place or time in which a body of draft-age citizens, not only conscientious objectors to all wars (like many of the early Christians in the Roman Empire), have taken upon themselves a right (hitherto exercised only by emperors, kings, divines, and jurists) to make an individual determination as to what constitutes a just tear...
Regardless of Doyle's final decision, the new draft system is causing a great deal of confusion. Many men in the top one-third of the drawing, feeling safe, have turned in their deferments...
...another draft-related decision. the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, ruled Jan. 2 that it is unconstitutional to change a person's draft status to 1A because he has turned in or burned his draft card...