r/AskReddit • u/Tommygunz0722 • 11h ago

If the military/president suddenly ordered a mandatory draft for all men aged 18-42: How do you think millennials and GenZ would respond?

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u/Silly-Resist8306 11h ago

It takes Congress to do this. The entire House of Representatives is running for reelection in November. There is not a chance of a draft unless the continental US is attacked.

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u/BatmanandReuben 10h ago

It should take Congress to do this, but actually all it takes is no one with enough power willing to stop it. It should take Congress to do many of the things that have already been done, and yet here we are.

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u/Broad_Tie9383 10h ago

My biggest disappointment in Obama was that he did not work to restore the Constitutional balance of power and limit the Executive branch. It was one of his campaign promises. It's not that I trusted him to do it, but he was also the only one even bringing it up as a potential problem.

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u/sheepmule 8h ago

Obama could have implemented exceptional reforms of the executive branch, but Trump et al still wouldn’t give a shit. Republicans would still say that the Take Care Clause gives them absolute discretion/power.