CONGRESS MAY BE CONVINCED OF THE NECESSITY FOR CONSCRIPTION FOR THE EFFECTIVE CONDUCT OF WAR, SELECTIVE DRAFT LAW CASES
245 US 366, 38 S. Ct. 159, 62 L. Ed. 349 - Supreme Court, 1918 -
... It may not be doubted that the very conception of a just government and its duty to the citizen
includes the reciprocal obligation of the citizen to render military service in case of need,
and the right to compel it. Vattel, Law of Nations
L’INVINCIBLE
14 US 238, 4 L. Ed. 80 - Supreme Court, 1816 -
... But we are of opinion that it rests upon other grounds; and that the views of Vattel on the subject are the most reconcilable to reason, and the nature of things, and furnish
the easiest solution of all the questions which arise...