gzer0 17 hours ago

Wow, TIL that if you're drafted (and forced to serve against your will), the government can subject you to military law (UCMJ), which limits many of your rights, like the right to a civilian trial by jury.

Courts have upheld this because Congress has the power to regulate the military, but it still feels like a huge shift in rights for someone forced to serve.

It feels... intuitively unjust that the government could compel service and then subject individuals to a system that limits their constitutional rights.

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pas 15 hours ago

seems very logical considering the last centuries. nation state needs military, military needs people to STFU and do what needs to be done.

and unfair, considering that rich people always found ways to dodge the draft or serve in armchair positions, but taking this into account it's just even more obvious that special interests did what they usually do.