42-year-old Michael Elgin, began working for the IRS in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1991. In 2002, during a routine background check for a promotion, it was discovered that Elgin had never registered for the draft. The matter was forwarded to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In the meantime, Elgin continued to work at the IRS. Finally, in January 2007, the OPM ruled that Elgin was ineligible to work for the U.S. Government.
Mr. Elgin was fired-- even though no female could be fired for not registering with Selective Service.
Mr. Elgin and three other men similarly situated sued, arguing the law was sexist because women were not required to comply with the law. A panel of judges with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the case and disagreed with the lower court ruling, and sent it back for reconsideration.
http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Draft_Registration_Front_and_Center_in_Sex_Discrimination_Case_110420
The numbers of men affected by Selective Service laws are staggering. According to the Annual Report to Congress of the Selective Service System for fiscal year 2009: "[I]f a man fails to register, or fails to provide evidence that he is exempt from the registration requirement . . ., his name is referred to the Department of Justice . . . for possible investigation and prosecution for his failure to register, as required by the Military Selective Service Act. During FY 2009, 169,586 names and addresses of suspected violators were provided to the DoJ, an increase of 22% from FY 2008." And every name on that list is male.
Read how this uniquely male crime can affect the offender here: http://falserapesociety.blogspot.com/2010/06/off-topic-us-selective-service-system.html
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I really hope this makes it to the SCOTUS, I want to see Scalia's take on it.
They are low on money - and going after it anyway they can.
I really hope that the "biased against men" lawsuit regarding selective services goes through.
If it does, I'll hire a lawyer to sue the government as well for treating me with such "male privilege".
I really want this to go to the SCOTUS, too!
It will be hilarious to hear the howls and screams of protest of the privileged princesses and their dyke leaders, as well as the 'pretzel logic' of their arguments against having to register, the same as men (which they hate). ("...Sure I want equality, but NOT THAT MUCH! I only want enough to benefit me and give me an advantage!")
Sauce for the goose! They want 'eekwaletee'? Let them EARN it, and start by having to chow down on the other half of the sh*t sandwich of "male privilege" that they thought only men have to feast on.
(FYI: Without going into specifics, I registered for Selective Service (and still have the card) when I turned 18, but was just too late for Vietnam service. I later joined the Navy and served 20 years.)
Go Elgin, I hope he wins this case.
I don't know why men have to "register" for the draft, anyway.
They know who you are and where you are.
They can get you anytime they want you.
Great! If this goes to the USSC it will be interesting to see how the 3 female leftwing liberal judges rule.
Atlas
A righteous suit, but it goes nowhere. I believe that Selective Service has already been challenged on these grounds and lost. It will be rejected by stare decisis. Also, US courts generally rule that "sexism" is a claim that only women can raise, not men.
Ridiculous ? listen to this: I received a letter requiring me to register some years ago and I was outraged. Why ? Because I am not American, I didn't live in US and I was only there some weeks in vacation. Their explanation: none. I know that by law(after studying it since they didn't provide me any explanation) requires immigrants from 18 to 25 to register as well. But I was a TOURIST!!! didn't they know the difference ?
What a terrible deception that should be over ruled.
It is common knowledge that the IRS is NOT part of the USG,It is an independent corporation listed in the white pages, not the government pages, like the rest of the businesses.
Hasn't anyone read Noam Chomsky?
A viable suit, but alas, unlikely to go anywhere in this climate of "lets lower the standard of evidence to a ridiculous level." In reality this law should be changed tomorrow, women should have to fight the same as men, no question about it. I'd ask a feminist on this subject, is it fair that men (who you hate) make up 98-99% of all war deaths? Is it fair that only they get drafted ever? Is it fair women can send men to war (like with Libya) and never have to worry about going to war themselves? Is fair that only men are sent to fight for women's causes (such as liberating the women of Afghanistan from the Taliban)? Well, is it?
I hope there is payback against women in the form of all-female selective service registration.
They would have had it coming, and no, I do not care who the fatalities would be. It's time to settle the score.
Mary Daly wanted to reduce the male percentage of the population down to 10%. She was too much of a pussy/bitch/cunt to demand equality when it did not benefit her, like all feminists.
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