Supreme Court Won’t Reconsider Male-Only Draft (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t reconsider its previous decision upholding the nation’s male-only draft even though restrictions on female combat troops no longer stand.

In its 1981 decision, Rostker v. Goldberg, the court said requiring only men to register for selective service isn’t sex discrimination because—at the time—women were barred from combat roles. Men in the U.S. must register for the draft on their 18th birthday or potentially face criminal penalties.

“Rostker’s fundamental premise is no longer true,” the National Coalition of Men said in its brief urging the justices to take up the case. It pointed ...