A bill is drafted in a committee in the House of Representatives.
The South passed a draft law in 1862. Those selected through the draft were required to serve for 3 years.
A bill is drafted in a committee in the House of Representatives.
During the US Civil War, both the Confederacy and the Union passed draft laws. They believed that the previous method of relying on volunteers was not providing enough recruits to their military organizations. The South passed their draft law in the Spring of 1862 and the North passed theirs one year later.
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Conscription law passed in 1862, placing all males between 18 and 35 under Government command for the duration of the war.
The Legal Tender Act
The confederates didn't pass the draft law, it was the Union
The 1862 Confederate draft laws caused Confederate President Jefferson Davis to suspend certain Constitutional rights as a precautionary measure. The draft was not popular with Southern citizens nor with Confederate governors. Davis was safe however, as no open rebellions occurred, as was the case in the North when they passed draft laws in 1863.
A bill that has been signed
The law banning the burning of draft cards was passed by Congress in 1965 as part of the Vietnam War era regulations. This legislation made the destruction of draft cards a criminal offense, reflecting the government's effort to maintain order during a time of significant protest against the draft. The law was challenged in court, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case, United States v. O'Brien (1968), which upheld the constitutionality of the law while also affirming the protection of symbolic speech under the First Amendment.