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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Excluding women from military draft is no longer justified, says federal judge

    A Texas federal judge has ruled that a law requiring only men to register for the draft is unconstitutional. A San Diego-based men’s rights group brought forward the suit.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 25, 2019 • 1 min read

    A Texas federal judge has ruled that a law requiring only men to register for the draft is unconstitutional. A San Diego-based men’s rights group brought forward the suit. Also, a 24-year-old Alabama woman who joined ISIS now wants to come home to the U.S. The Trump administration says it’s not going to let her return, claiming that she’s not an American citizen, even though she was born here. Her parents are now suing the government to get her and her 18-month-old son back.

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    2 of 5
    Why Facebook moderators experience mental health trauma
    1. 0:00‘Green Book’ stirs up Best Picture controversy
    2. 8:44Excluding women from military draft is no longer justified, says federal judgeYou’re reading this
    3. 17:28Some El Chapo jurors got trial info from Twitter -- grounds for an appeal?
    4. 26:59Facebook moderators suffer trauma for little pay
    5. 34:43New music: Maya Jane Coles, Chaka Khan, and more
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