Rostker v. Goldberg moved up to the Supreme Court. A U.S. Supreme Court decision, Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57, 101 S. Ct. 2646, 69 L. Ed. Rostker mot Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 (1981), var ett beslut i USA:s högsta domstol som gav utslaget att det inte stred mot USA:s konstitution att bara låta männen registrera sig till Selective Service System.. Den 2 juli 1980 rekommenderade USA:s president Jimmy Carter att Selective Service System var tänkt att omfatta även kvinnor. Rostker joined the Center for Naval Analyses in 1981, becoming Director for the Navy's Management Program. Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. The panel agreed, declaring it unconstitutional three days before registration was to start. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services 682 F.3d 1 is a United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decision that affirmed the judgment of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the section that defines the terms "marriage" as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife" and "spouse" as "a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife." Emphasizing its traditional deference to Congress in the areas of military affairs and national defense, the Court refused by a vote of 6–3 to apply precedent that might have invalidated the law because of gender discrimination. The question of registering women for the draft not only received considerable national attention and was the subject of wide-ranging public debate, but also was extensively considered by Congress in hearings, floor debate, and in committee. This is a timeline of voting rights in the United States. Justice White did not think that excluding women “offended the Constitution” but rather that Congress did not “conclude that every position in the military, no matter how far removed from combat, must be filled with combat ready men.” Marshall dissented on the principle of equal civic obligation. More important, Rehnquist stated, the Court's "lack of competence" had to be considered when assessing legislation in this area. Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 (1981), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the practice of requiring only men to register for the draft was constitutional. The director of the Selective Service System, Bernard Rostker, filed an appeal and the circuit judge stayed the court decision and registration began as scheduled. in 1980. He was also responsible for overseeing research on the nation's military readiness. There appeared to be no important or substantial government objective in not registering women for the draft.