MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DEVITT, Chief Judge.
In this jury-waived criminal case charging the defendant with violation of the Selective Service Law, the issue as framed by the indictment and a not-guilty plea is whether the defendant's refusal to register for the draft for reasons of conscience is protected by the First Amendment.
The defendant, a 19-year-old birthright Quaker, and an Associate Member of the Society of Friends, is charged with knowingly...
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