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...because it was inconvenient to her thesis. After all, it is hard to argue that we should fear a bill to “give the President of the United States the power to demand two years of potentially unpaid labor in any capacity—including military service?? when: (a) the bill is offered by the president’s political enemies; (b) a vast majority of Republicans and Democrats oppose the bill; and (c) the bill is widely acknowledged in the press as dead. In an op-ed column of 850 words about...
Unfortunately, we would be lucky if that’s all it was. This bill is anything but a simple reinstatement of the draft that was used in previous decades. The most notable difference is that the “national service?? requirement must be fulfilled by all men and women between the ages of 18 and 26, and while there are non-military positions, all service must be deemed to “promote the national defense.” Moreover, the only deferments or postponements allowed will be for full-time high school students, or those...
...determine what constitutes “satisfactory” performance of civilian service; it would be the choice of the President what groups would serve in active military service. The President alone would be arbiter of how much (and even if) those performing their “national service?? would be paid (which casts the “hardship” reference in a whole new light). Effectively, it would give the President of the United States the power to demand two years of potentially unpaid labor in any capacity—including military service??from...
...behalf of 45 first-year proctors, it is with sadness that we read that Elizabeth “Ibby” Studley Nathans will “conclude her service?? as Dean of Freshmen in June 2005 (News, "Freshman Dean Forced to Leave Post,” Sept...
University Hall also described the departure of Lewis—a Nathans ally—by writing in a press release that Lewis would “conclude his service?? as dean in June...