(Houston, TX) — A federal judge in Houston says that a military draft for men only is unconstitutional.
The Friday ruling said that the time for a debate on women’s roles in the military has passed. The Supreme Court upheld the male-only draft in 1981 because at the time women weren’t allowed in combat roles. The military removed those restrictions in 2015. The case was filed by a group called the National Coalition for Men, arguing the all-male draft wasn’t fair.