Legal Opinion
Selective Service System v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 5, 1984No. 83-276PublishedCited by 348 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We noted probable jurisdiction to decide (a) whether § 12(f) of the Military Selective Service Act, 96 Stat. 748, 50 U. S. C. App. § 462(f), which denies federal financial assistance under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to male students who fail to register for the draft under the Act, is a bill of attainder; and (b) whether § 12(f) compels those students who elect to request federal aid to incriminate themselves in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
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Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 62 Stat. 605, as amended, 50 U. S. C. App. §453, empowers the President to require…
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