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Reforms to the draft system, including changes to the lottery and deferment rules.
The 1969 draft lottery was created by the Nixon administration to replace a system seen as biased against the poor and less-educated, but the December 1, 1969 drawing itself produced statistically ano...
’s shifts in policy—most notably “” and a broader effort to withdraw combat forces—directly reshaped Selective Service practice by reducing the need for large, continuous conscription and by prompting...
The draft lottery drew litigation and judicial attention, but high-profile efforts to overturn or redo the initial 1969 drawing were rejected by judges; critics instead pursued political and administr...