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Massachusetts v. Laird 400 U.S. 886 (1970) was a case dealing with the conscription aspect of the Vietnam War that the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear by a 6-3 vote.The Commonwealth of Massachusetts challenged the constitutionality of the war. It passed a law stating that no resident of Massachusetts shall be required to serve in the military abroad if the armed hostility has not been declared a war by Congress. The attorney general of Massachusetts asked the U.S.