The Constitution does not even mention the word “draft.” It is NOT a constitutional requirement for people to serve in the military. The Constitution DOES authorize Congress to “raise armies,” but makes no mention of using force to do so.
There is no way you can logically argue that a person forced under threat of violence to leave his home, take up arms, and risk his life is not subjected to involuntary servitude — by definition.
Note that I am not talking about one’s MORAL obligation to defend one’s country. I am talking only about the contradiction between the draft and the 13th Amendment.“Involuntary servitude” has been legally defined as “a condition of servitude in which the victim is forced to work for the defendant by the use or threat of physical restraint or physical injury or by the use or threat of coercion through law or the legal process.”
I ask again, how is a military draft NOT involuntary servitude?
200 years of use with no objection from the courts says the gov’t can do it.
Don’t like it, sue the US and see how that goes. As long as you are a man, you have standing.
Let us know how it turns out.