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engineer_22today at 2:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

Selective Service System is evidence enough of the government's power to oblige participation in defence.... But if you're interested...

https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...


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TehCorwiztoday at 2:14 AM

Selective service activation, I.E. a draft. Requires an act of Congress. When did they enact a bill to draft Anthropic?

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torawaytoday at 2:26 AM

That link is specifically discussing actions the government takes in war. Like, a real, ongoing, war where it's accepted extraordinary actions may be necessary that conflict with peacetime rights to private property (it was written during World War 2).