Sameer, the roots of the Third Amendment are not in surveillance, but in the English Crown's desire to minimize the costs of maintaining troops abroad. --Mike
In message <9306172054.AA09055@snark.shearson.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
technically exhausted his right to appeal. It seems like its only a matter of time before other than stopping the government from quartering soldiers in your home except in time of war, there will be nothing more the courts will prevent.
I read somewhere on the net a *very* interesting interpretation of the 3rd amendment, which cypherpunks might find interesting. It was claimed that in colonial times, the British authorities quartered troops in people's homes as a form of surveillance. E.g. Tom Jefferson is suspected of conspiring with friends to communicate privately :-), thus the local British military leader learns of this suspicion and quarters troops in Tom's home. Under this interpretation, it was claimed that the 3rd amendment provides protection from government surveillance.
I think it's stretching things a bit, but a very interesting way to look at it.
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