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This Day in Legal History: MA Enacts Anti-Vietnam War Legislation
On April 2, 1970, Massachusetts enacted a bold piece of legislation challenging the U.S. government’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The law stated that no resident of Massachusetts, whether inducted or already serving in the military, could be compelled to participate in armed hostilities abroad unless Congress had formally declared war under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution. At the time, the Vietnam War had escalated significantly without such a formal declaration, raising widespread constitutional…
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