Australian Special Forces

Does excluding woman from special forces violate the 5th amendment and the 14th amendment?

Does excluding woman from special forces violate the 5th amendments due process clause and the 14th amendments equal protection clause. She ia an honors graduate from west point military academy. She graduated in the top ten percent of her class. She meets all the requirements to be in the special forces. She has passed all physical and phycological asessments of the men that enter special forces. She has done everything that could be expected. The only reason she is not being allowed to enter the special forces is based on her gender.

Public Comments

1. No it does not
2. I don't think so. In any case current federal law proscribes females from being in any of the MOSs that result in direct combat to include infantry, armor, artillery and special forces.
3. According to the U.S. Supreme Court it does not. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_80_251/ This is a slightly different issue than what you asked. The Court said it is okay to exclude women from the draft. I would think that this is approximately the same thing, though.
4. The US Military is not an equal opportunity employer, "due process" is restricted for certain circumstances. This "She" has also not taken all of the physical and physiological testing required to be in Special Forces .. she also doesn't meet the requirements to be in Special Forces. Why? Because she hasn't completed the training pipeline and ONLY those that have passed SF selection and completed the qualification course are qualified to be in Special Forces. She may have the initial requirements to TRY OUT for Special Forces, but that is not the same thing as being qualified. Claiming one could be SF if it was allowed just shows arrogance and ignorance as to the actual training process.