1) No one has been prosecuted for not registering for the draft by the Federal Government since 1986. Even then the people that were prosecuted were demanding to be prosecuted. The government was forced into the litigation.
2) In January 2009 a federal judge in Boston declared unconstitutional a 1985 law by Congress that bars people from most federal employment if they knowingly failed to register for the draft.
US District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock, siding with four men fired by the federal government because they failed to register years earlier, said the law violates a constitutional provision barring the legislative branch from punishing people without a trial.
I conclude that no circumstances exist that would permit Congress, in contravention of the Constitution's Bill of Attainder Clause, to prohibit non-registered males age twenty-six and older from federal agency employment for their lifetimes without judicial decision making, ..... Woodlock said in a 32-page decision.
In January officials from the Justice Department, which is defending the government in the suit, were not immediately available to comment on the ruling.
Obama is now in the White House. Tell me how this issue will ever be litigated in a court of law? There is nothing there.
so what if the documents are forgeries, isn’t that a crime?
And...
It's easy to dismiss the claims of forgery of the COLB as right-wing "birther" conspiracy theories, until a SECOND forged document appears.
-PJ
Big deal. One federal district judge.
But even if upheld, it would just means you would get a hearing or trial before being denied a federal job.
But I don't think it will be upheld. No one has a right to a federal job, and having registered for the draft, if so required, is merely a condition of getting that job. No different in principal than not having the proper degree or certification. Or not being able to demonstarte sufficient typing speed for that matter.