However, some men were exempted from the draft. Clergymen, teachers and some classes of industrial worker were not required to join. These roles were described as ‘Scheduled (or reserved) Occupations’ and included coal miners, doctors, and those working in the iron and steel industries which produced vital ammunition and equipment for the war.
"<span>the disturbance, </span>Governor George W. Romney<span> ordered the </span>Michigan Army National Guard<span> into Detroit, and </span>President Lyndon B. Johnson<span> sent in both the </span>82nd<span> and </span>101st Airborne Divisions<span>. The result was 43 dead, 1,189 injured, over 7,200 arrests and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed. The scale of the riot was surpassed in the </span>United States<span> only by the </span>1863 New York City draft riots<span> during the </span>American Civil War,<span> and the </span>1992 Los Angeles riots<span>. The riot was prominently featured in the news media, with live television coverage, extensive newspaper reporting, and extensive stories in </span>Time<span> and </span>Life<span> magazines. The staff of the </span>Detroit Free Press<span> won the 1968 </span>Pulitzer Prize<span> for general local reporting for its coverage."</span>
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against
Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence…)
Reserves certain powers to the states and citizens (Amendment X)
In France following the French Revolution there was a period that is known as the "reign of terror" whereby revolutionary courts were set up to prosecute individuals who were believed to be "enemies of the revolution." This was essentially a witch hunt for the enemies of the political elites during this period.
