Word: shortt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Medina's opinion virtually commands Judge McLean to enjoin the reclassification of Demonstrators Shortt and Wolff, provided they can meet the federal-law requirement and prove injury of more than $10,000. The effect is to bar the draft as a weapon against dissent. It is, of course, still a crime to evade the draft, Medina explained. But the First Amendment forbids draft boards to "punish these students by reclassifying them 1-A because they protested as they did over the Government's involvement in Viet...