Contempt of court

[Mike Godwin]

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 at 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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