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Well this is straight out the horse's mouth, killing 2 birds with one stone by letting the cat out of the bag. (Original Post) Swede 15 hrs ago OP
Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle. NT mahatmakanejeeves 15 hrs ago #1
The draft can't be reactivated without legislation from congress Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #2
They'd start consulting with congress over that? LearnedHand 14 hrs ago #3
How will draft boards get paid? Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #5
Repukes would give it to him retroactively LearnedHand 14 hrs ago #6
You don't know how things actually work Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #7
I actually do know how things work LearnedHand 12 hrs ago #18
Your posts on this thread do not show an understanding of how government works Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #22
That's really not how legislation works. paleotn 12 hrs ago #17
Just off the top of my head .... blue blues 14 hrs ago #8
The selective service is totally separate from USPS. Nt Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #10
Solid Point ProfessorGAC 13 hrs ago #13
So they're ok with Self-Rregulation for Industry Captain Zero 14 hrs ago #4
Hegseth is not a complete horse, soldierant 14 hrs ago #9
That's a chicken of a different color. Swede 13 hrs ago #11
How about we automatically register 18-yr-olds . . . AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #12
Barron First? czarjak 13 hrs ago #14
What about the Puppyjive 13 hrs ago #15
They could be drone pilots IronLionZion 12 hrs ago #20
pledge to rupertstan + magatland. pansypoo53219 12 hrs ago #16
Kamala and Cheney were planning a world war? IronLionZion 12 hrs ago #19
STUPID Nazi boy miller & Hegs...2 GD Dumpster Fires.. Cha 11 hrs ago #21
If they can automatically enroll in the draft, they can automatically issue voter registration Ruby the Liberal 1 hr ago #23

Fiendish Thingy

(23,372 posts)
2. The draft can't be reactivated without legislation from congress
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:38 PM
15 hrs ago

Registration is current law, but selection and induction, including funds for the staff for draft boards , etc, is not.

Reactivating the draft is as lethal a “third rail” as eliminating social security, maybe more lethal, because it affects young voters.

LearnedHand

(5,518 posts)
3. They'd start consulting with congress over that?
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:50 PM
14 hrs ago

I don’t think so. They just ignore laws they don’t like.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,372 posts)
5. How will draft boards get paid?
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:59 PM
14 hrs ago

This isn’t the TSA, they aren’t going to work for free- they haven’t even been hired yet.

Reactivating the draft would mean the end of the Trump administration.

If they need troops for their war, they will just stop-loss them, just like Bush did in Iraq and Afghanistan.

LearnedHand

(5,518 posts)
6. Repukes would give it to him retroactively
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:11 PM
14 hrs ago

They’ve already rolled over on everything else.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,372 posts)
7. You don't know how things actually work
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:29 PM
14 hrs ago

Despite acting with lawless impunity, this administration faces the limitations of the real world.

If they didn’t need money to do anything, and could just will it into existence without congress allocating funds, they wouldn’t be asking billions for this war.

There will be no draft.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,372 posts)
22. Your posts on this thread do not show an understanding of how government works
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:53 PM
11 hrs ago

And how programs are funded.

Claiming Trump will successfully skirt the law to create and fund the selective service system and that “He will just do it” is a lazy, flippant quip that ignores all the times in the past year that he has been stopped from “just doing it”.

paleotn

(22,327 posts)
17. That's really not how legislation works.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:15 PM
12 hrs ago

Even in these bizarre times. Federal courts say.....nah.

blue blues

(68 posts)
8. Just off the top of my head ....
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:34 PM
14 hrs ago

It would fall under the U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Why wouldn't it census takers and voter ballots are proposed

ProfessorGAC

(76,895 posts)
13. Solid Point
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:52 PM
13 hrs ago

In fact, the USPS has been an independent, self-funded organization since 1970.
They don't rely on Congress for budgets.
There is no comparison to be made between selective service & USPS.

Captain Zero

(8,925 posts)
4. So they're ok with Self-Rregulation for Industry
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:56 PM
14 hrs ago

But Self-Registration for the draft?
Not so much??

IronLionZion

(51,353 posts)
20. They could be drone pilots
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:26 PM
12 hrs ago

I was hoping that I'm too old to be drafted, but now I'm not so sure.

Cha

(319,341 posts)
21. STUPID Nazi boy miller & Hegs...2 GD Dumpster Fires..
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:50 PM
11 hrs ago

Fucking Homicidal Maniacal, Traitor Shit CRAZY, WAR Criminals

VIRALIT

Ruby the Liberal

(26,677 posts)
23. If they can automatically enroll in the draft, they can automatically issue voter registration
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:58 AM
1 hr ago
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