United States v. Allan Marston Thomason

Again an appellant challenges the validity of his conviction for refusal to report for induction in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462, upon constitutional grounds.

He asserts the President’s lack of authority to make rules for the regulation of the armed forces; abridgment of trial by jury; that the military rank system constitutes a “title of nobility”; that it violates the establishment and free exercise of religion provisions; freedom of speech and assembly; denies the right of habeas corpus; and requires a religious test as a qualification for public office.

Appellant is shelling the woods…