"The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engage in gestures of superficial equality."
— William Rehnquist

January 1, 1970

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Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 at 80 (1981) (majority opinion); this ruling upheld a military draft for males only.