Massachusetts v. Laird
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Massachusetts v. Laird
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Massachusetts v. Laird, 400 U.S. 886 (1970), was a case dealing with the conscription aspect of the Vietnam War that the Supreme Court declined to hear by a 6–3 vote. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts challenged the constitutionality of the war. It passed a law stating that no resident of Massachusetts "shall be required to serve" in the military abroad if the armed hostility has not been declared a war by Congress. The attorney general of Massachusetts asked the Supreme Court to hear its case t
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1970 US Supreme Court case on conscription and the Vietnam War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_v._Laird
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2023-09-13T02:40:06Z
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